I agree this is google doing evil and there should be government intervention for this kind of shit.
There's a timer that re-enables the Play Protect nag after a certain period of time. I can't remember how many days it is.
You can permanently disable it by running the following over ADB or a local shell. Works for me.
# This should disable Play Protect. Maybe.
# https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/187097/is-there-a-way-to-control-use-google-play-protect-together-with-microg-open-sou
settings put global package_verifier_enable 0
settings put global package_verifier_user_consent -1
settings put secure package_verifier_user_consent -1
settings put global upload_apk_enable 0
settings put global PACKAGE_VERIFIER_SETTING_VISIBLE 1
settings put global PACKAGE_VERIFIER_INCLUDE_ADB 0
There's a timer that re-enables the Play Protect nag after a certain period of time. I can't remember how many days it is.
You can permanently disable it by running the following over ADB or a local shell. Works for me.