Maybe it is. So far, we only have news reports, and they look bad. Hopefully, we'll see some political push to review the program and find out more about its methods and goals.
No iOS product would crap itself like that during a keynote demo. Sure, I've had them panic and reboot on me in real world use, but Apple takes the time to make sure the demo runs smoothly.
When you can't or don't make your demo run smoothly during a high visibility presentation, it makes you look careless, either in the development of your product or of your demo. In either case, it reeks of incompetence. This might not be a justified impression (accidents happen), but that's how life is.
Why would a handset manufacturer want the UI on their devices to look like those on every other? The thinking here is to differentiate as much as possible - so TouchWiz helps by making the Samsung devices look different than other models you see in a store. This is the "value add" over stock Android.