[Sir_Cmpwn]

>But I use it because of a lack of viable libre and open alternative.

In what universe is LineageOS not a viable alternative?

[sli]

LOS does nothing for proprietary binary blobs included on phones.

[Sir_Cmpwn]

But it does do something for this:

>owning a smartphone means usually owning an endpoint for one of the giant corporate data sinks which its government can easily access.

At least as much as you can while carrying around a radio transmitter. Replicant is also a thing.