Aha, okay! Now that explains a lot! It wasn’t for shutting down possible competitors. But it was for letting Android stay as secure as possible! And btw, today I’m loving Android P. Just saying.
https://www.androidpolice.com/2018/06/13/google-says-android-p-substratum-theme-breakage-intentional-wont-fixed///cdn.embedly.com/widgets/platform.js