Yep, this is it. AV is fundamentally a security product. If my music player is insecure, it's still playing music and I'll lose that feature by uninstalling it.

Yep, this is it. AV is fundamentally a security product. If my music player is insecure, it's still playing music and I'll lose that feature by uninstalling it. If my AV is insecure, there's really no downside to uninstalling it.