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Re:Sources: Cyanogen Inc. is undergoing major layoffs, may "... by dredmorbius on Sunday July 24, 2016 @05:44AM (#12152840)
AFAIU, the distinguishing characteristic of Nexus devices is that they're unlocked.

Yes, per Wikipedia:

"All Nexus devices feature an unlockable bootloader[3] to allow further development and end-user modification.[4]"

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Nexus

http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2010/12/its-not-rooti...

http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/03/galaxy-nexus-gets-rooted-...

Note that this still does you comparatively little good if you don't have CyanogenMod to put on it. Mind, I didn't say "no good", I said "little good".

It's the CyanogenMod dev team at Cyanogen Inc who've been impacted by the layoffs. There's still the independent effort, but it's lost a major employer and investor.

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Re:Sources: Cyanogen Inc. is undergoing major layoffs, may "... by PhasmaFelis on Sunday July 24, 2016 @07:33PM (#12155493)
Good to know. I'll keep that in mind for my next phone.

Even if CyanogenMod suffers, there's plenty of other open-source Android versions out there. Unfortunately finding a clear, unbiased comparison of them is even harder than it is for different Linux distros. :(

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