This is a security vs. privacy distinction. I think you both are responding to different things. Look at something like GrapheneOS for a decent glance into the

This is a security vs. privacy distinction. I think you both are responding to different things. Look at something like GrapheneOS for a decent glance into the value of security efforts by Google and the open-source community. Unfortunately, most of these don't exist on something like the PinePhone (yet, and perhaps never due to hardware limitations).