> with enough market share, if Google did this they would be cursed with numerous lawsuits for preferential selection and sued successfully Google already has

> with enough market share, if Google did this they would be cursed with numerous lawsuits for preferential selection and sued successfully Google already has featured products on the Play Store, so preferential selection doesn't appear to be an issue. However, the likelihood of Google paying human beings to go over the code of a free extension looking for security and privacy violations is about zero.