Comment by palata

I agree, and this is the problem with lobbying: everyone has an agenda.

IMHO, this is not a problem: it is possible to disable the check (though it takes some clicks and 24h), and those who care should actually lobby for alternative OSes like GrapheneOS and LineageOS.

My biggest problem is that when I run LineageOS, at least on the phones I tried, it is signed with the Google test keys and the bootloader is not relocked. At the very least, it should be mandatory for manufacturers to allow running an alternative OS with proper secure boot, and it should be illegal for companies to ban OSes that are not signed by Google (through Play Integrity).