Continuing the discussion from ~$150 Budget Android Hardware [Suggestions Needed]:
I personally think it would be nice to add Lineage as a “in case every other option is not available to you”. So something like a half-endorsement, similar to PG not technically recommending iOS, but leaving safari as a recommendation in case people is on iOS
Difference is that in Apple’s case it’s Browser on OS, and in this case it’s OS on hardware
Splitting this into a new topic so it can be referenced in the future 
Prior discussion for reference:
Continuing the theme of availability, I think we should consider a tiered recommendation system.
Something like
Use Graphene, if not possible=> Use DOS, if not possible => use Lineage
Graphene is obviously the most secure, but it’s prohibitively expensive to a lot of people
Divest depends on Lineage for support
Lineage may be the least hardened, as it’s effectively AOSP + basic apps. But it’s the most available out of all of them, and arguably far better privacy-wise than OEM ROMs such as OneUI/MIUI/whatever
It’s not like OEM ROMs are in any way hardened, they also a ton of built in apps that have no reason to be part of the system (anyone who has done adb debloating would understand). At the lower end of the market, it’s not like OEM ROMs are updated either, even big vendors such as samsung failed to provide timely update
I would also add that PG already have a “just in case all else fails” tier
Specifically with F-Droid
We only recommend F-Droid as a way to obtain apps which cannot be obtained via the means above
I don’t see how we can’t do the same with lineageOS