Which doesn't really help the users stuck on Android versions that never get any update or bugfixes. In which case apps have to take the pragmatic route and just work around the issue. Even if that requires a scary permission.
No user would point to Google and say »VLC doesn't pause when the phone rings, fix the ringer, please.«. Rather they point to VLC and say »VLC doesn't pause when the phone rings, fix VLC please.«
