You do, else your argument falls apart.
You first constructed this argument based on wrong numbers, now you try with comparing oranges and apples (at least drawing the wrong conclusion out of it). It still is a false premise of yours.
There’s still Request a Device - /e/OS community, but it seems one time you already got what you wanted there.
The core principle is the same for ages now. The wording changed, stable → official and dev → community.
If you are disappointed with what /e/OS community is, then you should be disappointed with what LineageOS official is as well, as they are indeed quite comparable 
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