Same issue here.

I think it would be good practice, that verifying app support should take a front seat in the future before upgrading. The way it is currently handled, is not a good practice to retain users, but rather drive them away.

I haven’t tried it out yet, but based on

https://join-lemmy.org/news/2021-09-03_-_Lemmy_Release_v0.12.0._User_and_Community_blocking,_lean_federation,_and_a_whole_lot_more

some options should be already available.