Frankly I worry about the unintended consequences of decisions like this. My university uses Google for many of their online services. Due to Google policies/r

Frankly I worry about the unintended consequences of decisions like this. My university uses Google for many of their online services. Due to Google policies/recommendations, it de facto will not work on an Android Phone without Play Service, as IMAP is considered less safe and by policy is forced off, and since Google de facto makes it impossible for any app to use OATH outisde of Google Play[1]. As a result, I have no access to my University email on my Android phone, since I refuse to put Google Play Services on it (As an aside, it ironically works perfectly on my Pinephone). My university also forces a 2FA App called DUO Mobile. In the default configuration, you are forced to use an Android with Googple Play Services or iOS app, and we were forced to turn it on. Thankfully someone was able to figure out it's protocol to allow it to be used on other apps [2]. For a while, DUO did not even support Firefox, so one was even then forced to use Chrome to sign in online with a U2F Device. While the digital ID is introduced now as an option, it wouldn't surprise me that this will be forced on students in 5-10 years, and now by default, they need to buy an Android/iOS phone to attend a University, then are forced to the Privacy Policy of companies that they have no choice for. Consequences of forcing Google or Apple on students aside, another unintended consequence I worry about is students who come from poor income backgrounds. One of my dear friends from college came from an extremely low income family who could barely afford to help her through college. She did not have a laptop because of the price, and used the computer labs on campus to do all of her computer work. She didn't have a cell phone either, also due to price. I get that a cell phone/cell phone plan is increasingly becoming a necessity, but I seriously worry about people for whom that is yet one more barrier to entry to college. [1] https://github.com/M66B/FairEmail/blob/master/FAQ.md#user-content-faq111 https://github.com/M66B/FairEmail/blob/master/FAQ.md#user-co... [2] https://github.com/rcslab/duo-cli https://github.com/rcslab/duo-cli