Google just toughened, finally, the permissions apps are allowed. I noticed that minutes before I read the linked story. The biggest problem is that newly designed nefarious apps will *still* be allowed on the store, be installed by whoever was excited by it, and download crap in the background unless all side-loading is turned off, which it is by default. Even with side-loading off the yet-to-come rogue apps will likely still slow things down. Google needs more real people to test new apps and not just AI that's as dumb as a box of rocks.