I think what google is doing is in a sense an unfair application of market power and is anticompetitive, but on the other hand, I don't really see what specifically Truth Social would miss out on if they just deployed as a web app and circumvented any tech company gatekeeping
That said…there’s definitely going to be a lot of scam apks because the demographic would be ripe for conning.
Asking the target userbase to install a progressive web app is not very attractive given the name. Might as well call it "Demoncrat" web apps as far as Truth Socials users are concerned.
Virtually all accessible users. Your average consumer is not tech savvy.