Cyanogen looking to break dependence from Google

[Ockie]

At an event in San Francisco, the CEO of Cyanogen Inc. Kirt McMaster spoke about the company's bold plans about the future. As it turns out, Cyanogen has ambitions “to take Android away from Google.”

Cyanogen wants to provide an open version of Android on a deeper level than what’s currently available. This will allow the company to offer its partners “tier one services.”
McMaster gave Google Now as an example. The search giant’s mighty personal assistant interacts with the core of Android in a way third-party apps are not allowed to. Cyanogen plans to give such access to apps made by their partners. One example discussed was Yahoo’s Aviate launcher, which could benefit from such deep integration into the OS. of course, for that to become a reality, Yahoo would have to team up with Cyanogen, so for now that remains only an example.
Furthermore, Cyanogen plans to “not be based on some derivative of Google in three to five years.” This means that the company plans to break away from Google Play services. The latter are unsurprisingly firmly controlled by the search giant.
Cyanogen plans to break away from Google Play services by creating its own app store in collaboration with partners. The latter is expected to go live within 18 months.
Overall, it appears that Cyanogen has more or less had it with Google and its control over Android. We are quite curious to find out if the small, yet ambitious company can materialize its bold plans. So far, only Amazon has somewhat managed to do so, though, it is worth noting, that the retail giant has considerably more resources than Cyanogen.

http://www.gsmarena.com/cyanogen_looking_to_break_dependence_from_google-news-10903.php

 

[Bryn]

Very risky strategy. The Play Store is at the heart of the Android experience right now, and many people have spent a lot of money on it. Although most of the Google apps are just useless bloatware, Google Maps, Gmail, Google Now and Chrome are apps that most Android users rely on on a daily basis. I don't see how Cyanogen are going to be able to offer superior experiences to what those apps offer.

 

[kingrob]

Stupid Cyanogen.

Without Google Play Store, who would want YET ANOTHER OS on their phones?

 

[ellyally]

Something about a 'goose', 'golden eggs', 'laying' and 'killing' comes to mind

 

[kingrob]

Something about a 'goose', 'golden eggs', 'laying' and 'killing' comes to mind

Very true.

These morons have not figured out that it's the apps on your phone that makes it useful, not the OS.

That's why Samsung is not pushing Tizen as the main OS on their phones.

 

[Johnatan56]

Very true.

These morons have not figured out that it's the apps on your phone that makes it useful, not the OS.

That's why Samsung is not pushing Tizen as the main OS on their phones.

+1, but I still don't like tizzen as an OS anyways.

 

[kianm]

Only Amazon could pull that one, yet still we use it alongside Google Play Services. This is another still birth

 

[Valerion]

In addition Google is busy removing more and more things from the Android kernel and putting it in Google Play Services. This is to provide newer security and OS features to phones that are not upgraded by the manufacturers/carriers. Part of their anti-fragmentation strategy.

All this will have to be provided by Cyanogen, then.