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Perhaps the parent commenter has apps they need to run for work? I know Microsoft Authenticator isn't supported on Graphene, which is admittedly bullshit but it's a requirement if you work in the government or high security industry like utilities. If that's the case they should be given a work phone, but companies don't do that most of the time in my experience.
Or perhaps they've had a bad experience with an older version. I know that Ubuntu Mobile couldn't even make calls on a lot of devices for a while. I recently had an experience where DTMF signaling didn't work, which meant I couldn't navigate phone trees to do things like get prescriptions filled.
Point being, there are lots of real reasons folks are stuck in their predicament.
The temptation to be snarky is strong, but we risk hurting imperfect allies instead of fighting our real enemies.