Under the assumption that Google would put in the scrutiny and logic that a potential decision over the livelihood of a dev deserves, it most definitely is surprising.

But instead, this is often precisely the reason for it, because the far-right will review-spam these apps until the AI and/or untrained workers eventually just give in, because well, if many people complain, then chances are that it’s actually bad/malware.

And Google doesn’t have to give a flying fuck whether such a decision is justified. Actually making a correct decision would cost them a lot more than the lost sales/ads from the app or the bad faith from devs being banned.