Just noting that 45,000 users affected IS NOT the PlayStore failure reference story. It's bigger than that.
10 million uBlock Origin Chrome users are soon to be abandoned due to Google's policies. That's way more interesting, and ties the PlayStore issues to the same Chrome Extension issues.
Apple is credibly watching out for their customers. Google is credibly watching out for Google. Pretty much unapologetically with little pushback.
Personally frustrating for me as I've been a loyal Android user for a long time. Almost ready to switch to an iPhone, despite my unfamiliarity and the much higher price point. Google should pay attention.
There is a permission on android called "Draw over other apps" which is disabled by default now when you install the app but the app can open a popup asking you to enable it which android warns you against accepting.
The valid use cases for this permission is you could have PIP for videos.
Yes its pretty bad but its not like any app can just draw adverts over the screen.