Ah, fair point. I looked into it further, and I believe you're correct that Play Services is currently excluded from the background execution limits (but not lo

Ah, fair point. I looked into it further, and I believe you're correct that Play Services is currently excluded from the background execution limits (but not location limits) in Oreo. That's not an arbitrary exception on Google's part though; the reason it's excluded is because Play Services targets Marshmallow, not Oreo, and the new background execution restrictions are currently only enforced for apps targeting Oreo (though there's a switch in settings to manually enforce them for individual apps, and you can flip that switch for Play Services if you want).