There is a balance to be had, however, and the watch your back! approach to the market is not consumer friendly, and history has shown that it simply doesn't work. There's no reason to accept it.
Honestly -- and I say this as an Android developer -- Google needs to perform at least rudimentary identity verification of developers/developer companies. Right now it is a joke, and is how fly-by-night scammers can roll in and out with impunity.
It is hard to blame a user when they fall for garbage like this. The hundreds of fake reviews are the topping on the cake, and this is one of countless examples of this sort of horseshit.
Honestly -- and I say this as an Android developer -- Google needs to perform at least rudimentary identity verification of developers/developer companies. Right now it is a joke, and is how fly-by-night scammers can roll in and out with impunity.