Lay users use Play Store. Users who use F-Droid are already not as lay. If you distribute stuff that Play Store would ban, your users are likely not as lay, to

Lay users use Play Store. Users who use F-Droid are already not as lay. If you distribute stuff that Play Store would ban, your users are likely not as lay, too. Yes, it's inconvenient, but I see it as a good-faith attempt to limit exposure of lay users to scams, not some power grab.