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Cyanogen becoming a business?

The "unofficial" CM 10.2 I installed yesterday came with Focal on my S3. Haven't messed around with it much, but it looks nice.
Weird thing I did notice was this was the first time I had to create a Cyanogen account. Thought it was a little weird, but went ahead with it anyway. (didn't have to do it on my N7 when I installed 10.2)
 
Its post-theft features, bread.

I have a SLR camera, I just wanted photosphere on my Nexus 10. As several comments on that Focal story point out, Focal is useless on the Nexus 10 right now.
 
I don't get why that's needed. :confused: Its just like Samsung trying to replace all of googles features with their S-series of apps.

Not to mention at this point in time I trust Google Inc a heck of a lot more with my location/data security than I do Cyanogen Inc.
 
As to why it is needed - they feel they can do it better and provide a more secure and encrypted service by doing so. Ultimately CM Accounts is the base for them to provide services and features to enhance and improve your Cyanogenmod experience.

As to whether they are more trustworthy than Google. Well in the wake the NSA leaks I don't know. Of course we already know that Google is doing all they can to leverage all the data we entrust them with to advertise to us (not saying this is a bad thing, just the reality). Is Cyanogen more trustworthy? Well I'd feel better about them if some of the security gurus I trust were evaluating their products, but I'd be willing to give them the benefit of the doubt at least till somebody shows they can't be (often another reality in today's world).

Ultimately though, Cyanogen is pivoting from being just an enhanced rom to being a full fledged mobile device and services provider. Like it or not that is where it is going. Whether or not it is a good thing remains to be seen.

Personally I just want to take advantage of Voice+ and wish they would get to a stable build of 4.3 for the Galaxy S3.
 
You can always skip the CM login and maybe its to kinda prove that CM can run without Gapps and still have all the google benefits.. maybe theyll use it for OTA updates? I suppose really though its the same as activating a touchwiz phone, you can register/sign into a samsung account. Maybe therel be a CM app store.
Are all the AOSP roms based on CM? Teams like Slim, Carbon, PA, etc or do any of them do it completely without CM base?
 
funkylogik said:
Are all the AOSP roms based on CM? Teams like Slim, Carbon, PA, etc or do any of them do it completely without CM base?
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It depends on the phone, but really unless its a nexus device they almost all use CM's device specific files that are needed to even get the ROM to boot.

As an example...For our S3's, every AOSP ROM you'll find on XDA** is using CM's base to boot.

Beyond that, theres varying levels of CM settings/features/ect in each of them depending on what the dev's want to include

**(there is at least one ROM which isnt on XDA that doesnt use any CM code, but thats another story)
 
If they can succeed as a company, and produce (From Shenzhen probably) a decent (factory rooted) phone at a decent price, while keeping the CM oS within the FLOSS world, that can only be a good thing. Of course, the question is - Will They?
 
I'm excited about the new direction CM is taking. I would definitely buy a device with an OEM CM version of android (if that comes to pass)versus TW, Sense etc.
Plus I believe the core values of CM and what they want for the end user is still in play. That being keeping devices updated to the most current android version as long as possible. Even if there ends up being a price tag I don't think most people would mind.
These guys have been bringing us bleeding edge for free, for years. They've kept devices current and viable long past what the Big 4 and their respective manufacturers had intended. I'm happy for them and I'm glad to see people from the industry seeing the merit in CM's work and willing to take a financial risk to bring it to the general public.
 
Davdi said:
If they can succeed as a company, and produce (From Shenzhen probably) a decent (factory rooted) phone at a decent price, while keeping the CM oS within the FLOSS world, that can only be a good thing. Of course, the question is - Will They?
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One would hope so, but I have my doubts somehow. :rolleyes:

"General Public License? :confused: dunno about that one."
 
Ive just mailed the dev about the picsphere issue i had.
Tbh i dont even think it should be a public beta yet, maybe he just published it out of spite? Who knows lol. I find developers to be very stroppy people. Like the artistic temprament :D
 
Oh yeah, wonder how rootable CM devices will be? CM is now unrooted by default and im sure google will insist on root being a bit harder than just enabling it in dev options?
 
funkylogik said:
Oh yeah, wonder how rootable CM devices will be? CM is now unrooted by default and im sure google will insist on root being a bit harder than just enabling it in dev options?
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I think it depends on which niche the CM team wants to aim for. If they want the casual and business sector, it will probably have tight security. If they're still aiming for the hacker community, then it will likely be similar a Nexus device.
 
My guess is they want to go beyond the hacker community and get CM to the more mainstream consumer (probably the more tech aware types but not necessarily tech savvy) but probably the business consumers.
 
I like it. In fact, I love it. I haven't rooted my DNA yet, or messed with it in any way really. It's already pretty much perfect. Haven't installed a CM since the Droid Incredible. Had the Bionic after that, which wasn't worth messing with, as there was pretty much nothing goin on for it.

This makes me excited to install custom ROMs again.

A blog post about the news itiswhatitis.biz | This is a blog about nothing, and everything. (but mostly nothing)
 
Tbh i dont think its ever gona affect me. As long as the less mainstream rom devs are still keepin us up to date and adding/keeping features that their users want/like/suggest then im happy. I dont think the android modding community will crumble without a few CM devs. Maybe it will actually freshen things up. Hopefully more devs will move to publishing on g+ or their own site too instead of XDA. I think rom flashing is becoming more common and accessable already without needing Cyanogen Inc and without having to deal with rude stuck-up people who think theyre rockstars on an elitist forum site :D
 
welbinator said:
I like it. In fact, I love it. I haven't rooted my DNA yet, or messed with it in any way really. It's already pretty much perfect. Haven't installed a CM since the Droid Incredible. Had the Bionic after that, which wasn't worth messing with, as there was pretty much nothing goin on for it.

This makes me excited to install custom ROMs again.

A blog post about the news itiswhatitis.biz | This is a blog about nothing, and everything. (but mostly nothing)
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Did you write that blog btw bro?
I liked most of it but it read like you were saying that people who dont wana run CM dont wana root or mod their device which isnt true. Nice read though :beer:
 
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