"Wait, on their FAQ page I see that they don't want to include the patch for security reasons. Is this ROM unsafe?
No. LineageOS' developers hide behind the "security reasons" shield, but in reality they don't care enough about the freedom of their users to risk to upset Google by giving them an alternative to the Play Services."
LineageOS's have a policy of not circumventing integrity checks e.g.:
The people behind this ROM seem a bit immature if that's how they react to their policy especially since they're just taking the upstream code wholesale to stick their patch in.
No. LineageOS' developers hide behind the "security reasons" shield, but in reality they don't care enough about the freedom of their users to risk to upset Google by giving them an alternative to the Play Services."
LineageOS's have a policy of not circumventing integrity checks e.g.:
https://www.lineageos.org/Safetynet/
The people behind this ROM seem a bit immature if that's how they react to their policy especially since they're just taking the upstream code wholesale to stick their patch in.