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what foss phone OS do you use and why?
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I run LineageOS for microG, on LOS for more than 5 years now. I am not willing to pay for Pixel phones, even the used devices are to expensive for me. I do not really care about an unlocked bootloader, so that's alright.
As of the latest release (21), you can simply install microG on regular LOS and no longer need to install LineageOS for microG since it now includes the necessary signature spoofing support.
Shorty after release it still had no support for UnifiedNLP, which I rely on for a decent location. That's basically the only reason I use LineageOS for microG, as I am kind of an OpenStreetMap power user.