docs: remove broken Star History chart from README - #3253
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- star-history.com's embedded SVG no longer renders for most visitors after GitHub restricted its stargazer API to specific token types - the chart showed only a broken-image placeholder to end users
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Issues Fixed
Fixes #3246
Description
Removes the Star History section from the README.
GitHub restricted its stargazer API to specific token types, so
star-history.com's embedded SVG no longer renders for most visitors —
the chart only appeared for people already contributing to the repo, and
everyone else saw a broken-image placeholder. Background:
https://www.star-history.com/blog/github-stargazer-api-restriction/
README-only change; no code paths touched.
Checklist
Device testing checkboxes are left unticked deliberately: this touches
only the README and ships no code to devices.