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> There should be law to mandate the UI No thank you.
I don’t see why people get so shocked about this proposal. There are laws to force architects to make their buildings accessible to people with disabilities, so I don’t see why it would be shocking to force companies that generate revenues from apps with a certain amount of user base to make their apps accessible.
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It might be worth to switch to GrapheneOS if you have Pixel phones: https://grapheneos.org/ It is a more serious project than LineageOS in the sense that they take security very seriously and they take their development more professionally too. There are no disadvantages to using GrapheneOS compared to LineageOS. You can see a comparison here: https://eylenburg.github.io/android_comparison.htm
Note that this comparison is not entirely correct. For instance, LineageOS supports network-based location with UnifiedNlp. Android Auto works fine if you install GApps.
Do you have a current guide for installing it?
I've installed LineageOS on my father's 10yo device and it works great. Unfortunately I won't be able to the same on mine, because I need my banking apps to work for two-factor authentication. Just one bank in my area allows for a hardware key and I don't have an account there. It appears that I'm forced to have an up-to-date device with its original OS to do banking.
Installing LineageOS does not imply losing access to Google services and the Play Store.
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Exactly! I had really hoped that would catch on, but I only ever saw it on some Nokia Winphones and cheaper Androids. The glass back is one of my least favorite features of modern phones and metal isn't much better (pick your poison: shatter, dent, or scratch). The 5c was also a bit of a callback to Apple's white polycarbonate era and some of my absolute favorite Macs. I even saw some renders of a translucent replace…
FWIW, Samsung used a plastic back for their basic Galaxy S21. I like it personally (less slippery than my old S7 Edge), but it seems to have been controversial among the user base, and they switched back to glass for later versions.