Almost certainly, though the only things I can point to are the mismatching eye glints and the eyebrows, though only somewhat for the latter.

Ah, I think I understand you a bit better. It’s true that the reason for the change is unclear, and it definitely could be malicious. However, that lack of clarity is what makes the OP article title misleading.

The article title claims the certainty that Google has blocked the Aurora store outright. I think you’ll agree that frequent errors with some successes is not the same as an intentional, simple block.

We may find that, yes, Google is intentionally blocking Aurora. It is just misleading to say so at this point.

The linked gitlab discussion suggests it. There’s intermittent successes, and the particular errors align with a backend change.