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It's not linear. The first time they probably thought "Oh... another chat app, such a big deal, so complex! I'll never manage" but now that they did with Signal and realize it's not that hard, having another will be much easier.
Now on the actual question, I do not know. What actual information does Google get from it and as importantly what can they infer from it? Might actually be good to ask Signal developers since it's because of their choice.
Related discussions https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/issues/14203 which suggests https://signal.org/android/apk/ might not need GPS and isn't delivered via Play Store.