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Re:LineageOS Android Distribution by xrisk on Saturday November 09, 2019 @08:35AM (#21491440)
I think that's just because stock ROMS have become good enough that we don't need custom ROMS; except for purposes like de-Googling your phone or removing stuff installed by your OEM.
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Re:LineageOS Android Distribution by aynawn on Saturday November 09, 2019 @08:55AM (#21491545)
Custom supported roms will continue to get security updates whereas oem roms get updates for maximum 3 years since phone release.

From a security perspective, custom roms are still worth it.

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Re:LineageOS Android Distribution by izacus on Saturday November 09, 2019 @09:11AM (#21491627)
Except that a huge chunk of Android CVEs I've seen are related to vendor code which does not get updated in custom ROMs either.

And those are the painful ones, since drivers have kernel access. The security situation on Android is really less than ideal :/

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Re:LineageOS Android Distribution by aaron_m04 on Saturday November 09, 2019 @12:38PM (#21492850)
That's concerning if true. Do you have a source?
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Re:LineageOS Android Distribution by sozy777 on Saturday November 09, 2019 @10:11AM (#21491938)
I'm using because I don't want to give location permission to apps. At least not my real location. I want to have the ability to spoof any detail of my phone.
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