[Melatonic]

Seems to me there must be some middle ground here - maybe Google decides to keep this functionality around for apps that need it (and punish those who exploit it) and add some type of additional user interaction before an app can get full file system access. I know in MacOS, for example, the built in finder hides a lot of system files until you flip a switch manually to enable them. Could have something similar (with a warning).

[izacus]

This is already the case. The apps in practice abuse this and refuse to start until the user gives them all the personal data if no store enforcement exists.