My hope is that the patch doesn't just replace the feature with an arbitrary and unpleasant equivalent. Rather I'd prefer if they took their time and presented

My hope is that the patch doesn't just replace the feature with an arbitrary and unpleasant equivalent. Rather I'd prefer if they took their time and presented a solution that beats 'swipe to unlock'. Making it a real lemons to lemonade scenario. Unfortunately if they repeat the past the financial pressure of getting to market tends to prefer the first option over the second.