Graphene's (probably honestly) the most secure, but it's also got a slightly toxic fan base which pushes the narrative that if you aren't perfectly secure, then you might as well not bother trying.¹ Don't let that stop you, particularly if your goal is firstly just stepping away from Google. I've been on Iodé myself for as long as I've had this phone (three years?) and don't have any complaints. You need to keep it updated or random apps will fail to download/update from the store, but you shouldn't be letting it fall behind the security fixes anyway, and Iodé makes the updates very easy after the initial install.
That said, at this exact moment I might wait a bit longer to see how the sideloading lockdown shakes out among those of us who've already made the switch. If it winds up being significantly more disruptive to the alternative OSs than I expect it to be, stepping into the potential storm right as it kicks off might give an unfairly sour impression of the broader ecosystem.
re: @jeantranscene@mastodon.social
cc: @patrickleavy@mastodon.social
¹: Which led to a rather ironic situation where the most visible de-Googled phone required Google hardware because they fell in love with a black-box component in its design...
That said, at this exact moment I might wait a bit longer to see how the sideloading lockdown shakes out among those of us who've already made the switch. If it winds up being significantly more disruptive to the alternative OSs than I expect it to be, stepping into the potential storm right as it kicks off might give an unfairly sour impression of the broader ecosystem.
re: @jeantranscene@mastodon.social
cc: @patrickleavy@mastodon.social
¹: Which led to a rather ironic situation where the most visible de-Googled phone required Google hardware because they fell in love with a black-box component in its design...