It makes no sense today for bitcoin app with p2p to stay on playstore/Ios big tech will kill you for legal problems, not worth spending time with them. 
Mostro can be downloaded from:
- github
- zapstore
- obtainium

If people want kyc just tell them how to do it.

When you buy a phone, it comes pre-configured and practically forces you to download Gmail as your first action...

And when you download a different app, the phone tells you or displays a warning ⚠️ asking if you're sure you want to proceed with the download...

In short, the system is indoctrinating the masses.

Akg10s3

I think your intuition here is pretty good: if it doesn't come from Google Play Store a lot of people aren't even going to investigate it.