AlphaElwedritsch most fascinating phone chart I ever saw (your 1st link) and this will go a long way to me making a decision.
All models, including Graphene, connect to google at sim activation.
Lineage is the only OS that has NO google play services installed at all and no implementation to do so, and I like that. Graphene does, but they sandbox it if you choose to use it.
What Graphene does that no one else does is harden the kernel, memory, and a tons of software and firmware. Nobody can touch them there.
And Lineage is tethered to google for all call outs, many with no choice. If it wasn't for that, Lineage would look like the best fit for me. I got this bookmarked, thank you.
