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Thank you, I'll give it a serious look.
Just note you do need to think about device support when using something like LineageOS. You can see officially supported devices on the https://download.lineageos.org website https://stats.lineageos.org/ will give you a bit of an idea of the activity for certain models. Checking out the forums for unofficial device activity is also a good idea https://forum.xda-developers.com Using a site like https://www.gsmarena.c…
I mailed your comment to myself in order to dig deepeer into the subject.
Android with Google services is just dead in the water for me (I'll be damned before hooking the arguably most private device into the Google spy machine) and so Apple seemed the only viable alternative.
But if I can run a Google free alternative without too much headache (and at a reasonable price) I'm all for it.