Elaborate, please. Not because I doubt you but because I am an abject android neophyte.
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.
I may get there. I'm still in the land of baby steps with this thing. Appreciate the insight, though. I'm on a OnePlus because an iPhone 6 plus would have cost me in the neighborhood of a Nissan Versa lease and in an Otterbox, would legitimately be bigger than a TI85 (can confirm - friend did this and we put them side by side). Alls I knows of Cyanogen is it kicks the shit out of what LG ships with. Maybe the next time 'round I'll get dramatic but I'm already seeing cracks from the places I opted 3rd party.
I saw your post on the Versa. Something's fucked up there. I legitimately think my next phone will be the YotaPhone 2. I'm downright giddy about it, because I would almost exclusively use the e-ink screen, and the potential with customs is through the roof. I also have emails disabled. I never clear my notifications so I always have a full record of my conversations going on.