There is a very real possibility of such a partnership eventually becoming obligatory as part of some "modernization and digitization" fad of the kind that many

There is a very real possibility of such a partnership eventually becoming obligatory as part of some "modernization and digitization" fad of the kind that many governments love. Certain major countries already have similar and to a slightly more abstract degree, how many government services in how many jurisdictions basically require you to have a smartphone for access to certain services? Those phones and their OS systems come from only a small pool of corporations. It's naive to not think the above or worse is possible