While we definitely appreciate people defending GrapheneOS here, I do not want this post to become an argument or an endless back and forth about this, so I think it's about time we put an end to it; both "sides" have expressed their points, and it is clear that despite explanations, and the fact that there's no material difference between uninstalling and disabling this app, it isn't good enough for some people.
What I can recommend for those people is that they can look into maintaing their own builds of the OS with this app removed. This is not meant to be dismissive of people's feedback, or a way to tell people who disagree with something to "go away", it's a legitimate recommendation. Many people, including community members on this very forum maintain their own builds of GrapheneOS - and they're not all developers.
If you have a powerful enough device and some patience, you should be able to follow https://grapheneos.org/build to do this, and removing the Info app should be pretty trivial to accomplish. It is important to note that you'll have to build new releases, as you'll no longer be able to update via the official releases, but it's something that you can do.
After all, as https://grapheneos.org/features#project mentions:
"You can make your own builds and make desired changes, so you aren't stuck with the decisions made by the upstream project".
I would like for that to be the end of that, please, and I would urge people to please remember to be kind and nice to others, even when we disagree.
@AlanZ Please try to remember that at the end of the day, and despite our disagreements, we really are on the same side, and I have no doubts you also want the best for GrapheneOS, as do the rest of the people on this forum.
I'm leaving this post unlocked for the time being, but if non-productive arguments continue, we may have to lock the thread and/or issue temporary suspensions if necessary, which I'm hoping it won't be.
