I found this topic while researching Aspire. I wanted to find out if anything would break in the event EP wasn’t used. Now I know.
As a recommendation, I’d love for all the GP Sites demo sites to specify which sections or features within their pages require paid versions of Elementor or Beaver Builder. “Head On” by Flint Skin does a really good job similar to this in their How To page (even though it doesn’t require a page builder). I think every one of the GP Sites should have a page that spells out what the dependencies are for various sections of their pages. I think this would help many users avoid needing to ask questions in the GP support forum when something in the theme breaks.
Also it would be great for these sites to use a lighter-weight form plugin such as Simple Basic Contact Form that doesn’t load its scripts on pages that don’t contain the forms since GP’s goal is to be lightweight and fast.
Overall, the GP Sites are great and very helpful. Thank you!