I have changed those. Grab a sewing pin with some vise-grips. This helps with the spring. I sure as heck will not buy an Apple watch just for ease of changing the watchband.
No one said you should buy an Apple Watch. Read every word 10x. No innuendos. No subliminal suggestions. Nada
You said they weren’t innovative. I called you on it. I merely pointed out a very basic thing that Apple completely re-thought. Something watchmakers had been putting up with for hundreds of years. And Apple re-imagined it a dozen different ways just on the bands ALONE.
And, true to form; Samsung is trying to copy.