Don’t forget the eyepatch.

I thought it was a joke for like a day, before I clicked on one of those threads.

Seems to be the latter:

The evolution factor is increased by three kinds of events:

• The passage of time very slightly increases the evolution factor.

• The global pollution production increases the evolution factor.

• Destroying nests significantly increases the evolution factor.

https://wiki.factorio.com/Enemies#Evolution

The requirements apply to all “Google-certified Android devices” which includes:

Devices with Google Play Store

Devices with Google Mobile Services (GMS)

Devices with Play Protect

All mainstream Android devices from manufacturers including Samsung, Xiaomi, Motorola, OnePlus, and Google Pixel

Custom ROMs without Google services & uncertified devices are not affected by these restrictions.

From the linked wiki.

Watched it recently, S04E11

Hmmmmm…