[ocdtrekkie]

It's Google's terms for an agreement with Google. How could any reasonable person make the claim it is not Google's problem? Especially considering they had two years to prepare, and 2018 phones still have this problem.

Presumably, if moderately recent phones were compliant, Google could ensure that outdated/invalid consent forms were only tentatively accepted until Play Services updated within the first day or so of activation, and then presented a remedial consent form which was GDPR compliant. The EU would very likely accept this solution as a technical best effort method to ensure older devices were respecting people's rights.

But it sounds like they never really put in the effort. What version of Android is GDPR compliant? 8.1?