[BMorearty]

Sure, Google is making sure app vendors comply with regulations in specialized industries. /s

[immibis]

If Google doesn't do what vendors in specialized industries want, they'll stop using it. Does it want customers?

[arghwhat]

That was definitely a logical way to interpret that comment. /s

The message is that the app developer in question's argument that they have nothing to update is most likely false, not that special industries is a driver for the policy.