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Exactly. If an app requests a permission it should not need, then it should simply be considered malware and rejected with a big 1-star review.

Firefox doesn't expose its browser history to other apps whereas both Chrome and the vanilla 'Internet' browser on Android does.

This is one reason why i use Firefox on Android (another being the read-it-later feature, and option to add other search engines easily).

Well, browsing history sounds very helpful in order to create another browser and that's pretty much it.

The unfortunate thing is that it is bundled in the same group as 'running apps'.

I guess it is because Android's PMs wanted to limit the number of permissions groups but it means that many apps have to request it simply because they need GET_TASKS for old devices.