I personally do have a degree in computer science, but I feel like I would be doing this anyway, even if I didn’t. My degree didn’t teach me how to self host

So I’ve done a bit of research on this and I don’t think what you say here is the most accurate.

LineageOS doesn’t include any Google apps or services by default, nor does it include MicroG. (It does give an optional step to flash a GApps package in the official install guides, but this can be skipped no problem)

LineageOS does use proprietary Google BLOBs for AGPS services and wifi captive portal detection, both of which are anonymised by the nature of the protocols used. But more importantly, /e/ OS also uses these too, so /e/ shouldn’t be ranked any higher than LineageOS is

Hey, don’t be sexist… They also let women stare at boobs discreetly

i hate that so many tools nowadays want you to curl | sh for installing

Using NixOS has the advantage of making me not want to touch these tools. If I can’t install it reproducibly with Nix, I’ll just look for an alternative :)

I think they aim to accomplish different things. Muxarr doesn’t download any new subtitles or audio tracks, only deletes and renames ones already present in the file