Comment by Aachen

Yes, I think I'll have to do the same. I've been in the market for a new phone but the one I had pretty much settled on removed the option to update the boot verification chain so I'm obviously not buying that. Might as well buy apple then

It seems like a finite solution though. Having a second phone is not something most people will do, so the apps that are relegated to run on such devices will become less popular, less maintained, less and less good

Currently, you can run open software alongside e.g. government verification software. I think it's important to keep that option if somehow possible