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You won't achieve anything by uninstalling this. Google will just implement this at OS level in future OTA updates anyways or simply reinstall it again because they have that deep level of privilege on Android. You gotta jump ship and leave the Android all together, get Graphene or some other custom ROM.
Reccomendations for bootloader unlocked phones?
Swappa and buy a pixel
I have a pixel but its verizon and I cant unlock the bootloader. Its paid off but verizon refuses to unlock phones