Would you care to elaborate? (Maybe in that thread, so this one would not get derailed.)
I have used a couple of comparisons between OSs, one of which I linked in that thread.
I fail to understand how it would be ineffective if I change the captive portal / connectivity checks as well as the default DNS (not “private DNS”) to ones other OSs use that are described as superior to LineageOS.
Like I said, I am not very knowledgeable about the deeper settings other OSs have tweaked, which is why I have asked about them. As you can see, common comparison tables don’t mention any more points either.
And how would people lose their files? Because they mess up these commands? They only modify network settings, so they can always back up anything on the phone’s storage. Maybe if they mess up the pull/push commands, in case that somehow causes bootloops or force-close loops.
That is also why I mentioned scripts, which could back up the stock settings as well.
Anyway, in every case in which Calyx is not available, be it a specific phone or otherwise, I think these settings are a viable approximation, if using at least LOS without GApps that is.
Any more advantages of other systems like Calyx, iodé or /e/ I just don’t know yet, if there are any. I’d love to know, though.