Because F-Droid contains a minuscule fraction of the apps on the Google Play store and because since F-Droid only allows open source applications it's much easier for them to determine shady behaviour (Google can't simply mandate that all apps on their store be open source).
Of course they cannot. Literally, the Play Store itself and countless other Google apps are not open source. Google doesn't operate on a FOSS model (to the point that AGPL is banned in their company).
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Because F-Droid contains a minuscule fraction of the apps on the Google Play store and because since F-Droid only allows open source applications it's much easier for them to determine shady behaviour (Google can't simply mandate that all apps on their store be open source).
Google could do that!
Of course they cannot. Literally, the Play Store itself and countless other Google apps are not open source. Google doesn't operate on a FOSS model (to the point that AGPL is banned in their company).
Google could literally do that, if they gave a shit. The only reason they "can't" is because they don't care and never have.