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As someone that follows Android development since version 2.1, when NDK became a thing, Google has been removing GPL component one after the other with each Android release.

With Q, the Linux kernel is the only GPL thing still standing.

No need to worry about Microsoft.

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For each GPL component removed, do Google open source the replacement?

No. Google has let AOSP die in the vine. It's nearly impossible to properly run Android without the play store. Most OEMs develop a lot in house to combat the rot that's occurred in the open source components.

Yes the new kernel is open source; it's the play store and perhaps other bits of the full OS they'll hang on to.

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