Indeed! I think you have answered your own question. The benefit of removing random unused packages is outweighed by the risk, in this case.
That said, there is some merit in learning how to use Jumpdrive to image your entire eMMC drive so that if you create a situation that you are not able to fix (i.e. you break something irreversibly) then you can just restore the image.
Just hiding the app is safer.
From a security point of view it is better to uninstall unused software but …