> A small call to any googler on the thread - put your support towards this internally.

Post author here. This.

Google toyed with a scheme like this a few years ago and reached out to F-Droid, and they were told the chaos it would cause. They backed off. This time, no one has deigned to contact us.

Anyone who wants to talk can reach out to us (board@f-droid.org) or me directly (Signal contact in my profile).