Leaves room for privacy respecting platforms.

Distrobox is pretty easy to setup. Then you can install what you need without touching the SteamOS install.

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/09/distrobox-can-open-up-the-steam-deck-to-a-whole-new-world/

It doesn’t really make sense to target iOS 17 as the minimum supported version if you want people to test it. Normal users won’t run beta versions of iOS.