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With Cyanogen dead, Google's control over Android is tighter than ever |
December 27, 2016
It wasn’t too long ago when Cyanogen announced its plan to destroy Android. Back in 2015, Kirt McMaster, then the CEO of the company behind the fledgling fork CyanogenMod, declared in no uncertain terms that Google was the enemy. McMaster told Forbes that Cyanogen’s intention was to put “a bullet through Google’s head.”But as McMaster would soon find out, it’s not so easy to kill a megacorp. After a series of missteps and layoffs, Cyanogen announced last week that it was closing up shop, bringing an abrupt end to a battle that was never really in doubt.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/3153485/android/with-cyanogen-dead-googles-control-over-android-is-tighter-than-ever.html#tk.rss_all
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