Here's the Reddit post from the creator of Tasker about how Google asks him to remove requests for calls and SMS permissions from Tasker under recent Play Store policy update.

I know asking Google to hire only passionates on Google Play review team would be a bit too much but I feel like people working there have absolutely no understanding of real world Android usage.

There were so many cases of removal of God and useful apps while the amount of 💩 antivirus apps, cleaners, RAM boosters and coolers is continuously growing 😤

This is even more ridiculous when you realise that Google Assistant shouldn't be allowed under those rules either 😑

Huh. Reading through that, there's a carve-out for assistants so there was some brainstorming around calling Tasker an assistant. 🤔I know they have to be in the Play Store but it got me wondering about how Amazon's Android store is doing? Anyone know anything about it?

There were so many cases of removal of God and useful apps while the amount of 💩 antivirus apps, cleaners, RAM boosters and coolers is continuously growing 😤

Those apps are ridiculous. The fact that they are so popular is even more worrying.