To remove any corrosion inhibitor, it will take Acetone, MEK or my personal favorite, Coleman lantern fuel.
The trouble with acetone is that, while it does dissolve most oils readily, it also evaporates rapidly leaving behind all those oils chemically unaltered. It can make cleanup much more difficult by spreading local contamination everywhere into a thin film. Lantern fuel works a little better because it evaporates slower, leaving more time to diffuse the contaminants into the rag.
Purpose-mixed degreasers also contain surfactants, which chemically alter oils to make them water-soluble. Now, theoretically, rinsing with 10 gallons of acetone will achieve the same level of cleanliness as rinsing with 10 gallons of water after surfactant treatment, but one of these approaches is way cheaper than the other.
Simple green leaves a film, and not good on bare aluminum !..not really a good paint prep at all.
True, the walmart version does contain fragrance and colorant, which may be the film you are referring to. The "aviation" version sold at Spruce does not, and should not leave residue.
The "unsafe for aluminum" part comes from the presence of phosphate (tetrapotassium pyrophosphate) which will etch aluminum (and calcium, and magnesium, and concrete) given enough time or repeated application, but so will Pepsi Cola. The "aircraft" version has one fifth the phosphate concentration compared to household version, according to the SDS. One of the steps in paint prep is etching away the top layer of aluminum oxide, so this chemical action seems aligned with the goal.
I suppose I should rephrase my question: do modern corrosion inhibitors contain any components, such as silicones, that are NOT lifted by Simple Green, SuperClean and similar degreasers.