It is also likely Google themselves has been compromised. Those reviewer accounts could have been hacked and thus this kind of spurious behavior. Think of it si

It is also likely Google themselves has been compromised. Those reviewer accounts could have been hacked and thus this kind of spurious behavior. Think of it similar to website defacing, instead of deface, you get random suspension or termination of random app developers. You don't always hear about Google being hacked, but it had happened in the past way more frequently then what were reported. Google biggest issue they have near non existence of customers support engineers there (probably not a glamorous job / career). They rely too much on automated responses with a bunch of if-else like their Diagflow (perhaps now upgraded with Bard). Don't depend on Google store. Support HarmonyOS and Samsung store. Give alternative a stronger support to force Google from monopolistic behavior to market competition. Microsoft over the years demonstrate this is possible. Rely on market and not some dont-do-evil mantra.