Your plants are looking nice and healthy, and you should think about flipping very soon :)
I would recommend removing all the larf, the 1/3 rule of thumb is a good start, you can always delarf again later if necessary.
About defoliation:
A shaded out bud site will produce poorly compared to a well lit bud site and I would definitely always favor buds over leaves since I'm farming trichs, not cabbage :)
The standard defol tactic - When you flip you remove fan leaves (focus on the ones that shade out bud sites) until you can see the soil when you look down through the canopy and then remove leaves that grow to shade out bud sites until mid/late flower where the leaf growth halts.
Swazzing method - Remove all fan leaves at flip and again 3 weeks after flip, it's a nice way of getting maximum light to the bud sites and better airflow, I know it seems scary but it's a super easy method and it works well, many commercial growers swear to this method.
The folding method - Fold leaves under bud sites, they often bounce back so it's a daily battle.
You can also do nothing and it will also work, but it's not a ideal since you'll end up with bushy shrub full of half withered leaves attracting bugs and a ton of larf taking energy from the top flowers and poor airflow increasing the risk of mold.
On another note the ScroG net is just in the way, you're not actually growing ScroG style plants but normal medium sized plants with flowers at different height levels. All the net really does is make it impossible for you to move the plants around. A few stakes and some garden tie works way better for this type of plants.