"We will give Google a bullet to the head", Cyanogen founder and CEO Kirt McMaster recently bluster. And a few months ago, he publicly stated that "away from Google Android singers."
In 2009, Cyanogen only when the newly established non-profit third party Android ROM production team. After four years of development, Kirt and several partners to set up the Cyanogen company and started commercial operations. Currently,
it has grown to be the world's largest third-party Android operating system research and development company, and is now installed CyanogenMod largest custom Android ROM. The latest data show that, so far, its installed capacity of over 50 million, this figure is 10 million a year ago, two and a half ago is two million, three and a half ago, only 220,000, showing the rapid growth of its.
And just last week, Cyanogen has just announced the completion of C $ 80 million round of financing, investors, including Twitter, Qualcomm, the Spanish telecommunications company Telefonica and media tycoon Rupert Murdoch, this round of financing for Cyanogen brought nearly $ 1 billion in valuation.
When there is such a large amount of installed capacity and body after, Cyanogen began to want out of Google's control.
Dissatisfied with Google on Android's dominance, is fleeing Cyanogen Google is a major reason. With iterative upgrade Android OS, Google Android native preinstalled software more and more, including Google Play, Gmail, maps, calendar, YouTube, Chrome, and some even unconventional necessary software also forced preloaded, and Google also requires manufacturers to put the software on the device for the first time to boot the desktop. This makes a lot of comments on the Android device manufacturers Google is growing. The Cyanogen also just use Google this point, the development of a more pure, lightweight CyanogenMod, has been a large number of Android users and equipment manufacturers.
In fact, Google is simply dissatisfied Cyanogen excuse. With the rapid advance commercialization, Cyanogen gradual expansion ambitions, or even want Following the Android and iOS to become the world's third largest mobile operating system, this is it wants from Google root causes. And, currently ranked third and fourth in the BB OS WP share of less than 5%, Cyanogen to go beyond these two is not no chance.
In fact, Cyanogen already done so. Its latest operating system is named Cyanogen OS, not the past Cyanogen "Mod" (custom), but the "OS" (operating system). Obviously, it is no longer satisfied with the status of the current Android ROM developers, eager to live on their own.
In Cyanogen OS system, Cyanogen gradually stripped of Google related services applications, replaced by a self-developed Email, account synchronization and much more. Next, Cyanogen will want the system licensed to equipment manufacturers, which charge a licensing fee. Previously, Cyanogen with a plus, OPPO and Indian manufacturers Micromax is such a cooperation.
However, Cyanogen might want to put it all too beautiful.
Rope equipment manufacturers to grow an operating system really is the best way to ecology, but it still has some difficulty Cyanogen. StrategyAnalytics According to statistics, in the third quarter last year, global shipments of Android phones, the use of third-party custom Android system accounted for 37%, of which the vast majority of Chinese mobile phone manufacturers. But most of the domestic mobile phone manufacturers as the market position and enhance the influence, have begun using a custom ROM independent research and development. Even before an increase cooperation also abandoned Cyanogen, in developing its own Oxygen OS. Samsung, HTC and other international brands are also actively develop their own systems. To these companies the possibility of Cyanogen Zhang Yi Gai Xian small.
In addition, Cyanogen want the system equipment manufacturers licensed to derive licensing fees is substandard practices when appropriate.
In related news revealed, Cyanogen by mobile phone manufacturers pre-installed Cyanogen OS, every cell phone available income $ 10 or so. However, from the global Android handset makers, in addition to Samsung and a handful of manufacturers have a good income, most of the manufacturers are to survive in low-profit, per phone licensing fee of $ 10 for this part of the manufacturer is definitely a not a small burden.
Also, the "free" is the general trend. Even Microsoft have changed the authorization model, not only Win10 operating system free upgrade and licensing, and even many of its killer app is also free and open to the other platforms. This opposite approach Cyanogen how many vendors buy?
It can be said, no Android, no Android open source project, there would be no today Cyanogen. But with Cyanogen financing accelerated Android eating milk grew longer it is no longer willing to Google's control, but also have to establish their own ecosystem of ideas.
Currently, CyanogenMod installed capacity of over 50 million users, mostly from their own brush installation, and to establish an ecosystem support alone is not user Brush up, Cyanogen equipment manufacturers must rely on force. However, Cyanogen's core strategy was contrary to the current development of the Android camp manufacturers, authorized fee business model does not conform to the characteristics and trends in the mobile Internet. Cyanogen Android manufacturers on the one hand want to draw, on the one hand they want to earn licensing fees, so how should capture the sincerity of their hearts?
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