That's the problem "lose out on the ability to function on modern society unless you use an approved device or an approved OS." Not looking forward to a world where I have to have two phones, one "approved government and bank services phone" and one that's a device I actually own and control.
> This is a much more pro-consumer way of implementing DRM than actually locking down computers
No such thing as pro-consumer DRM, it's an oxymoron.
And Google IS locking down computers, requiring identity verification and Google to sign any app to run on Android, which conveniently they could pull at any time.
What happens when online services stop even doing business via their website and forces the use of a mobile app? Suddenly now all Linux (and Mac and Windows) computers are locked out of interacting with most of the commercial web and you are forced to have a tracking device to simply exist.
Maybe it's a "lesser evil" but it's still evil, and not something we should just settle on and accept.