It could be included as both with a unlocked bootloader all user data could be easily retrived with physical access to device.
So contactless is still broken and that is because it is signed by a certificate granted by Google GOS does not have this cert so contactless is. Broken Unless your bank has thier own implementation then it may work. Also if the app your using comes from the play store you must have sandboxdd play services installed or. Yes you are correct notifications will be broken as it relies on play services for them to work but if you use play services sandboxed everything should work minus any app that enforces play services integrity check..
I use GOS and agree with you completely some of the things GOS has done and said in the past should have never happened and hurt GOS more than it helped it. Also on the micro G front You are correct still being debated but as long as Micro G is signature spoofing it is my opinion it is not secure as signature spoofing requires kernel changes that in fact weaken Android's security model.
GOS Supports the pixel devices for the same amount of time as Google hard to keep a device secure once drivers are no longer being updated. But with Google extending support for pixel 6 and 7 series and the new 7 year guarantee on pixel 8 devices and newer this isn't really a concern anymore. So pixel 7a and fold will be supported until 2028 and Pixel 6 and 6 pro until 2026 pixel 7, 7 pro, and 6a until 2027. Seems like plenty of time for support and that means as long as Google supports it so does GOS.
My last bank did that so I switched banks my new bank app works without any play services installed on GOS.
Once LinageOS is installed your bootloader is always unlocked so anyone who finds your phone if lost owns it. GrapheneOS and a few other ROMs I forget the names of allow the bootloader to be relocked keeping android security model intact allowing the device to still be secure.
Works on GrapheneOS
Usenet for me as well and my 32.7 TB NAS.
All apps work fine on GOS no tinkering needed if a app is broken its broken on linage as well because of play integrity
Can confirm on Android 15 on GOS that JXL in the gallery app you linked does work and open them.
To my knowledge reddit has always worked like this when a mod removes a post no new users that have zero interaction with the post will see the comments it removes the post from all. But if you have commented in the past or are a original OP or have the direct link to the post the comments will always be there.
No because the data is encrypted especially on Graphene OS and even on stock pixel phones data at rest is fully encrypted and pixel phones also have a onboard security chip as well. So unless you can unlock the user data it would be useless. That is why a locked bootloader is so important it is needed to ensure at rest encryption its a requirement for it.