> They all are saying "to interact with us, you must use one of these two types of devices, with all the attestation and security measures intact"
Are you claiming that this is the only way of interacting with particular government services, with the other ways that existed before the app no longer being available? To make situation „dystopian“ this must be the case.
That is clearly the direction, yes.
First it's new and optional, then it's mature but equal, then as adoption grows further, the old way of doing things gets deprioritized and neglected, then you're a 2nd tier citizen until they finally remove it altogether.
See: Essential businesses like grocery stores going cashless