The problem on the Android side goes deeper, as the "Onavo Protect" app is still alive and kicking in the Google Play store [1]. The Facebook Research app here is a shallow repackaging of the iOS version of Onavo Protect, which was banned from Apple's App Store at least.

It doesn't appear Google is interested in doing anything here. They would likely have to do something about the thousands of other trojan horse VPN apps, too. It's just that those are not as transparently owned by a privacy-invading internet giant (and those apps probably sell your private information directly to the highest bidder even more eagerly).

[1]: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.onavo.spac... - the positive, uninformed reviews of this app give me a feeling like I'm reading a dystopian novel.