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Meriadoc  ·  3316 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: February 25, 2015

I'm not sure how I missed this, but one of the main issues is with Cyanogen OS being closed source off off something that should be open, even when one of CyanogenMod's focuses is maintaining open source at all costs, and OnePlus refuses to give a reason for it.

http://www.slashgear.com/cyanogenmod-jabs-at-oneplus-os-closed-source-os-13368969/

They also keep doing... pretty incompetent things overall, as outlined in the story line below that blurb. They seem to be after money and only money, and don't really care all too much about ensuring anything else. Their mess in India shows some of that as well. Some more on that from OnePlus here, which also shows OnePlus as not super organized, but this is squarely on Cyanogen.

As well as this absolute clusterfuck they created with Focal.

Beyond that, they closed everything off and made themselves into a company, selling the things that have been built over the years but dozens of volunteers, and are refusing to compensate any of them in any way for the world, but are keeping the profits.

They're also pretty terrible at respecting the employees they do pay, and but I suppose being shitty is within their rights here at least.

There's just... a magnitude of things they've done since going incorporated, from unethical business practices, to poorly run business, to moving away from the purpose of an open source project, to mistreating employees. In the end, what they're actually producing hasn't been up to snuff either.

If you're into it, look up some of the other roms available out there and flash one of them. Most are FOSS, community built and maintained, and way better than CM or Paranoid.