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What sucks about this is most people can't do anything about it. Open, custom rom / Linux friendly smartphones aren't widely available. You're pretty much screwed if you are somewhere other than EU or North America.
The most you could do is raise money for an iPhone to at least have software support for longer, since at that point there is no other difference between the two. Or you can buy a feature phone if you really don't want to deal with the Apple tax and use your phone for basic stuff anyway.
Edit: There is another option, FOSS devs can rely on PWAs and you can switch to using those until they are also taken away.