I have an older phone I can’t let break so this is coming from a place of genuine concern heh, don’t know if that would constitute a deadly shock to its system

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    23 days ago

    Think of a file system as a book. There is a table of contents, and then all the files are in the subsequent pages. Deleting a file is typically done by removing the entry in the table of contents, the pages are untouched, which means its a very minimal change.

    Deleting an app should be fine, but if its an older phone, you may want to look for a migration path, as hardware will fail as it ages. Could be anything, battery, charging ports, buttons. One day it will die.