So, what you are saying is that Lineage has bad security because they are doing their best to support old devices as long as possible?
Interesting position. It is a valid criticism but brings its own problems.
So, what you are saying is that Lineage has bad security because they are doing their best to support old devices as long as possible?
Interesting position. It is a valid criticism but brings its own problems.
No, that's not at all what was said.
Pixel 7 is a fully supported device with Android 16 QPR1 available for it via the stock OS. /e/ is on Android 13 on the Pixel 7 without the kernel, driver and firmware updates released for it from the Android 14 launch and later. /e/ is a fork of LineageOS with drastically worse privacy and security.
LineageOS rolls back the security model and features a fair bit but does it far less than /e. LineageOS doesn't implement major privacy and security enhancements so a comparison of non-standard improvements in those areas is going to show that. LineageOS lags behind on providing the AOSP and vendor security patches, but far less than /e/.
The table covers the patch delays for both AOSP patches and device patches. It's showing how far behind they are on kernel, driver and firmware patches released for a device, not anything to do with end-of-life devices. Being multiple years behind on those patches for the Pixel 7 on /e/ has nothing to do with supporting an old device as long as possible.