Thinking about ditching GrapheneOS to get better hardware

oh wow, that’s wild. i have heard that there’s been some reportedly toxic behavior over there. i haven’t experienced it yet, though, but i don’t spend much time in their forums for assistance or anything - just a couple times for some general questions and the person who i think was a MOD seemed helpful.
i did look at Calyx, but haven’t tried it yet. i’ve heard good things about it, but since i’m already in Graphene this far, i’ll probably stick with it. plus, i’m not 100% certain how it differs from Graphene. if i understood what i’d read about it, it doesn’t go as far as Graphene does in blocking Google stuff and making the device more private and secure. but i could very much be incorrect. if i am, i’m all ears about it lol. but i definitely do like what Calyx is doing. and i like the hotspot thing they offer as well.