[ale] almost OT: Cyanogen mod

[Solomon Peachy]

On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 06:07:38PM -0400, Robert Reese wrote:
> CyanogenMod reopens competition, forcing Google to become again more 
> open while simultaneously accepting responsibility for maintaining 
> parts of Android.  The cellular providers might also like an Android 
> alternative, especially ones that aren't opposed to users doing things 
> to the phones they OWN. Naturally, though, those providers and 
> manufacturers aren't going to like the ability for customers to remove 
> the spyware the providers and manufacturers have so "lovingly" thrust 
> upon their good customers.

No, Cyanogenmod doesn't force Google to do anything; its total userbase 
is a rounding error on Android's deployment and the vast majority of the 
devices supported have long since been abandoned by their manufacturers.  

And why would Google care if folks use Cyanogenmod?  After all, it's 
still Android, and the vast, vast, vast majority of its users still 
install the Google applications and libraries, which means Google wins 
either way since the whole point of Android was to sell advertising and 
collect personal information.  More users are more users.

 - Solomon
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