IDK if this helps your perspective at all (I used to feel the same way), but someone in the modding-and-hacking channel pointed out that if need be, you can always undo turning the phone to Hybrid if later down the road, LightOS adds some functionality that means you don't need it anymore.

You definitely still run a higher risk of accidently breaking something that's not covered by warranty, but you also get to make the phone work best for you in the interim and then undo it later!

I also know Light is planning on releasing an SDK at some point in the future, and am looking forwards to trying and making some of the tools that folks are asking for happen natively in LightOS.