[foxylad]

I bought a OnePlus One largely because it had Cyanogen. Despite the schism I continue to get regular OS updates, and it's still one of the things I most like about the phone (the non-slip covering on the back being another, oddly).

So I agree - Cyanogen had a competitive advantage, and could have been the Red Hat of Android. Signing any kind of exclusive deal killed any chance of that, and also alienated their open-minded community.

I don't think it's just hindsight that makes this sound really dumb, but it would be fascinating to find why they thought an exclusive deal was the way to go.

Now I need to find a LineageOS phone...

[walrus01]

I know several people with a oneplus 3, and the oxygenOS oneplus has developed internally is extremely similar to the current version of cyanogen that's running on my oneplus one. It looks basically like stock AOSP married with cyanogen and has all of the same extra features/advanced user toggles.