The lock screen requires that I swipe the upwards arrow, tapping doesn’t work.
On the PinePhone using distros that have Phosh this also drove me crazy - after getting used to tapping arrows when the device is unlocked to bring down/up menus the switch in behavior on the lockscreen took some getting used to.
I agree with a few others that it’s probably to keep things more secure when the phone is in a pocket or the like but still was something that bothered me initially.
Thanks for the writeup, enjoyed hearing your thoughts!