I can understand why people who have stock android or other roms aren't too thrilled with Touchwiz, or any of the other UI's. Being new to Android, I can appreciate what Touchwiz does to make things easy for me. For instance, the icons in the pull down menu make it easier than digging through the settings. And the Feeds and Updates, along with Daily Briefing, provide me with apps and widgets so I don't have to download them.