[Vivo X70 Pro+] piskr:
Hi, sorry it took me so long, I had some urgent matters to fix after arriving home. Now, let's deal with your request:

About adb removed apps, my list is as follows:

Baidu Keyboard -> com.baidu.input_vivo

Browser -> com.vivo.browser

Calendar -> com.bbk.calendar

Calendar Widget -> com.vivo.widget.calendar

Car Launcher -> com.vivo.carlauncher

CarLife+ -> com.baidu.carlife.vivo

Cleanup -> com.vivo.widget.cleanspeed

Digital Wellbeing -> com.vivo.familycare.local

Easy Share -> com.vivo.easyshare

Easy Touch-> com.vivo.floatingball

Email -> com.vivo.email

Favourites -> com.vivo.favorite

Find Phone -> com.vivo.findphone

Fuel Summary -> com.vivo.fuelsummary

Game Center -> com.vivo.game

GameWatch -> com.vivo.gamewatch

Global Search -> com.vivo.globalsearch

iMusic -> com.android.bbkmusic

iVideo -> com.android.VideoPlayer

Jovi -> com.vivo.assistant

Jovi InLife Service -> com.vivo.smartLife

Jovi Vision -> com.vivo.vtouch

Jovi Voice -> com.vivo.agent

Kids Mode -> com.vivo.childrenmode

Mobile KTV -> com.vivo.vivokaraoke

Network Location -> com.baidu.map.location

Plugin -> com.vivo.magazine

Power Guardian -> com.vivo.pem

QuickPay -> com.vivo.quickpay

Reader -> com.chaozh.iReader

SpeechSuite -> com.iflytek.speechsuite

Tips -> com.vivo.Tips

Ultra Game Mode -> com.vivo.gamecube

VHome -> com.vivo.vhomeguide

Vivo.com -> com.vivo.space

Vivo Cloud -> com.bbk.cloud

Voice Wakeup -> com.vivo.voicewakeup

Vivo Wallet -> com.vivo.wallet

Weather -> com.vivo.weather

Weather -> com.vivo.dream.weather

Weather Widget -> com.vivo.widgetweather

Weather Storage -> com.vivo.weather.provider

Warranty - com.vivo.warranty

Sim - com.vivo.simcontacts

Music - com.vivo.musicwidgetmix

Game - com.vivo.gametrain

I didn't uninstall some Vivo apps that are usually removed, becauseI found them useful (mail, sms, docs...)

I don't have any issues after uninstalling com.vivo.pem as you may see in some others reports. I assume that they might remove something else important (part of the system architecture - launcher base?).

And I can confirm again that the phone is totally stable without issues at all.

Finally, I bought the right dongle to bypass the lack of Android Auto and there are no more shortcomings left for my mode of phone use. Yes, on AOS there are notifications only for phone and messages, others appears only on the home screen. But I don't feel deprived because of that. And Vivo is delaying with the Android 12, which is not a pattern but rather a consequence of the engagement with the Ocean. I believe that after 12 (Ocean 3) the upgrades will be more fluent and Vivo promised 3 full Android upgrades.

About the launcher: you have to enable "replace system launcher" in "more security settings" and set your custom launcher as default (in default apps). You may still see warning: use system launcher after resetting the phone now and then, but you simply cancel it.

I don't use Nova launcher, even I bought the prime license once. I use Star launcher prime which is lightweight and far more versatile. It suits my needs perfectly, and I can do everything I want in form of adaptations. And no issues, no china at all. Attached is my new home screen.