Imagine if the requirements were instead "You need to have a phone with an OS controlled by Huawei"... do you see the issue there?

Maybe 99% of people have surrendered to Google/Apple (include me there), but the 1% has a valid point...

Indeed, it is just as unfair no matter if 1%, 55% or 99.99% of the affected population has one. Your operating system should be a choice.

1. By doing this, the EU is killing any alternative operating systems for phones: no one will switch to one if they can't access online services. Banks are already making it extremely hard.

2. Google and Apple might be better regarded than Huawei, but they are not moral (or they are not guaranteed to remain so).

3. The very idea of a de facto state-enforced monopoly on operating systems is outrageous.