How does something like this ever get into production, especially at a place like Google, unless being hostile to new apps and developers is the plan? Or do th

How does something like this ever get into production, especially at a place like Google, unless being hostile to new apps and developers is the plan? Or do they want to push potential developers into Google's double-dipping: pay them money to get on to the Play Store + pay a lot more money to get eyeballs on your app and thus more users.