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Re:Sources: Cyanogen Inc. is undergoing major layoffs, may "... by samfisher83 on Sunday July 24, 2016 @02:52PM (#12154284)
Rooting and unlocking the bootloader are different. Root is having root on the OS. The Bootloader is what loads the various partitions. If your phone's bootloader is locked obviously flashing is a lot harder.

The mobile phone market is massive. Even if you can capture a small subset of the users you can make money. Not everyone needs a one step install process.

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Re:Sources: Cyanogen Inc. is undergoing major layoffs, may "... by colordrops on Monday July 25, 2016 @01:51AM (#12156741)
Problem is that on some phones, for instance my S4, if you don't root first, you can't install an alternative recovery ROM. Without an alternative recovery rom, you can't install a new OS that is not signed, so you can't install CM.
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