Actually I think this approach is very forward looking! Attestation is on the cusp of becoming a very powerful technique. We just need to figure out how to build 100% bug-free and 100% secure hardware and software, and then it's gonna work great.

Well, all one has to do is look at the bigger picture of how rooted devices are being shuffled into 3rd rate/totally blocked experiences and the overall direction of things starts to take very clear shape.

At over a decade old, still prescient as ever: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUEvRyemKSg

Not any rooted device, it must be rooted via an exploit. Still pretty bad, though