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They'll grant themselves an exception off course.

Unlikely, since I can't recall any instances of them granting one-off exceptions for their apps in the past.

Do you have any evidence that that's the approach they plan to take here, or is this just a lazy accusation backed by nothing but cynicism?

I'm pretty sure they don't hold themselves to their own app store policies (and neither Apple to theirs) and I remember there being a flagrant example but I can't find a reference quickly googling it.

What else do you think their "PlaystoreFramework" is all about?

Is there such thing as robot.txt for folders that could be implemented by programs/apps? There are plenty of things that create folders of thumbnails, ui/ux sprites, etc.

On Android, you can put a file called ".nomedia" in those folders to achieve this.

I remember when google staged previews on a web page, then asked if I wanted to sync 'that' folder. Near panic until I realized it was not shared.