First, have you met old people? Second, you're telling me to go with stock Android, but not trust #Mullvad or #GrapheneOS? The idea is to reduce complexity and increase privacy/security for an elderly person who has zero understanding of any of this tech.

nostr:npub1c9d95evcdeatgy6dacats5j5mfw96jcyu79579kg9qm3jtf42xzs07sqfm what are the implications of not getting updates to default apps, etc.? This seems like terrible advice, but it's clearly being passed around. Also, doesn't DivestOS get some patches from GrapheneOS? 

While I'm on a roll, I think DivestOS also forces updates of their apps through F-Droid, which is one reason I didn't mess with it. nostr:npub1f6ugxyxkknket3kkdgu4k0fu74vmshawermkj8d06sz6jts9t4kslazcka curious about your thoughts as well.