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The name doesn't exactly roll off the tongue.
I agree -- it's almost as clumsy to pronounce as cyanogenmod, and the meaning isn't particular inspiring or evocative. HeritageOS? AncestryOS? FamilyOS? DerivationOS? Why do I want to use it, now?
If google wants Android to survive as a platform, they should be directly giving money to projects like this, they are what make it bearable.
If google wants Android to survive as a platform, they should be directly giving money to projects like this, they are what make it bearable.
Or they are required to release those device's source code to (and pay for) the "communities" for the maintain the security updates.
If they don't do it, they are responsible to damage caused by those devices because of security issue or the customer's loss of data/privacy due to hacking by 3rd parties.
Similar to recent case where "food processor" company is liable if the blade is cracked into pieces into the processed food after a few years.
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I agree -- it's almost as clumsy to pronounce as cyanogenmod, and the meaning isn't particular inspiring or evocative. HeritageOS? AncestryOS? FamilyOS? DerivationOS? Why do I want to use it, now?
would be great if software developers named their project simply based on what their project actually does (e.g. "Word"). For example: "OpenPhoneOS".
So it doesn't work on tablets?
Is it open to hackers?
What's an OS?
There's a reason Amazon isn't called "books.com" - definitive names rarely make for good brands. They limit your options and can carry preconceptions.
If google wants Android to survive as a platform, they should be directly giving money to projects like this, they are what make it bearable.
google offered to buy Cyanogen. ( http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/10/google-reportedly-tri... ) Also, recall that Cyanogen (the company, not the mod) said that they were going to "put a bullet in Google's head". I bet Google has tried to offer support to them and Cyanogen turned it down.
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I am aware but at least I won't get hacked which is more important than performance.
But even if Apple may be better than most android manufacturers, Apple still doesn't support devices it considers "Obsolete"...and there is nothing you can do about it other than buy a new phone since the bootloader is locked down. According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_iOS_devices anything before iPhone 5 is considered "Oboslete" and they don't seem to be releasing updates. On the other hand, I've been h…
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This is why for the first time since I started owning smartphones (2010), I am going to switch to iPhone.
That's not going to fix the problem. Installing updates on an iPhone older than a couple years bogs performance down to unusable levels.
Also, why don't they remerge with OmniRom?
If google wants Android to survive as a platform, they should be directly giving money to projects like this, they are what make it bearable.
For one, Cyanogen has always refused to follow Google's guide lines and license terms. This is both what makes Cyanogen appealing to a small minority of users and also why there is absolutely zero chances why Google would ever fund this kind of effort.
The name doesn't exactly roll off the tongue.