Anti rollback shoud have exceptions for when new software is bad/broken, you would be able to unlock/disable this feature (with some boot alerts or something).

Do it. Let's see who's more powerful.

Our government has some technologically illiterate morons

From the same government who brought you the mandated spyware app with access to all your phone?

ETA - there’s good stuff mixed in with bad here. Permission is good, but Losing control of the device (version restrictions) isn’t good and those audit logs are creepy.

Given that these same objecting companies have had tens of thousands of Indian developers, with source code access for iOS and Android, on their payrolls for decades now ... I am not sure why they would suddenly be worried about this now.

Ehh. If they do this just for goverment software they would be in a good position. Otherwise a lot of asking for trust that doesnt seemed earned at all

If Inroot my phone that banner is getting removed first.

The background permissions thing is already a thing.

Some are crazy authoritarian shit and others are pro consumer.