Actually, you can always deactivate it without providing any explanation as shown in this screenshot https://imgur.com/a/trA0ZX8
Please advise if you have any questions or doubts.
Odd. The skip button wasn’t there when I tried to uninstall.
May be you didn’t notice skip button previously.
Actually, it is there since the beginning when I introduced pro version of plugin and implemented plugin deactivation popup to get user feedback to improve plugin.
You can also test it by downloading the previous version of plugin from the below page.
https://wordpress.org/plugins/add-search-to-menu/advanced/#plugin-download-history-stats
If you are agree now that the plugin is not Hostageware then could you please consider changing your review?
Please advise if you have more questions.
Have a fantastic day!