so, i fully switched to #GrapheneOS
it's a much more serious project than most AOSP builds out there; it has an actual app compat project and a major differentiating feature (Google Play sandboxing)
i don't have complex security needs so i don't care about that part, but my no-gapps LineageOS build stopped being compatible with any UK taxicab apps and it just created so many problems in my life I really did not need. GrapheneOS solves that very nicely
also it has real backups, another nice feature AOSP forks usually don't have
i do want my OS to use Android Verified Boot, but i had that enabled in my AOSP build, so this part is unchanged