alt Hacker NewsWhy do I need to build a project from scratch? I have been a happy user of LineageOS for a long time (with MicroG). It works nicely.
That cheap, insecure trash works fine for almost everyone. Niche security features are not sufficient reasons to buy Google hardware.
The security features are not niche, you are claiming that arbitrarily. The needed hardware security features are generic and industry standard, OEMs are just lazy and choose to ignore such improvements.