CyanogenMod is all grown up: the Android modification and bonafide operating system replacement has eclipsed the 10 million device installation mark.
That's a far cry from the proper Android platform's , but certainly nothing to sneeze at.
The data comes from CyanogenMod's statistics page, which tracks installations ofand the device they're installed on. Devices that don't "check in" within 90 days are purged from the system, giving us a fairly reliable indication of how many Cyanogen-modded devices are out in the wild.
Given the fact that modding your phone's firmware is still technically a bit of an arcane art, CyanogenMod's progress is commendable. It began life as an open-source project, a panacea for fans who'd grown sick of all the bloat that device manufacturers have been layering on to Android devices. But the project's leaders have always had grander aspirations: "Our story is, I want my mom to be able to install this on her phone" said CyanogenMod co-founder Koush Dutta .
The company has done a commendable job in making their mod accessible, offering an app that aimswith a simple app. While the app was removed from the Google Play Store for , this remains a far cry from the heady days of sideloading and hoping everything turns out alright.
How far they've come, and how far they seem to be going: a mere months after taking its first steps towards legitimacy by . With another $23 million in funding announced recently, the company's aim of being the seems to have some legs on it.
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