Hardware, ease of use, setup, ... A lot more people would flash Lineage, orders of magnitude less would build their own from source. F-Droid does not offer ma

Hardware, ease of use, setup, ... A lot more people would flash Lineage, orders of magnitude less would build their own from source. F-Droid does not offer many of the apps people use. Extremely privacy focused/'zero-tracking' is a lot fewer than 'privacy aware, little to no tracking' people. Very few devices that permit bootloader unlocking. Even devices that normally permit bootloader unlocking (at least in the US) will forbid it if bought from a carrier. For example, phones from Verizon Wireless (US) often do not qualify for bootloader unlocking specifically (even if it is not leased, not financed, purchased full retail), such as on the htcdev website - the same model purchased elsewhere will be unlockable.