On newer Android versions, "essential" Google apps can not be disabled or uninstalled anymore. As this was downvoted last time I made this statement, and claim

On newer Android versions, "essential" Google apps can not be disabled or uninstalled anymore. As this was downvoted last time I made this statement, and claimed to be a lie, this time I took screenshots on a Nexus 5X running Android Oreo 8.1 official build, showing that this is the case: https://imgur.com/a/AVmLN https://imgur.com/a/AVmLN