Been doing this for years, with other plugins. Glad to see its getting some coverage. Type disable into the plugin search you will find some gems. Disable comments, admin notices, SEO Bloat, WooCommerce bloat etc, just absolute gems. All really well maintained. This idea you will miss a plugin update is BS. You can always turn them off to check too. The notices part of WP is like 90s internet, popups everywhere. Also look at the major plugins like Yoast sticking full banner ads in. Your site, your choice, ads in a backend is so greasy.