CyanogenMod you will always have your space well loved for all of us who had the opportunity in the early years of Android to test those custom ROMs. Some ROMs that allowed us to have software and a custom layer that offered optimal performance when compared to those of the manufacturers that left much to be desired.
That CyanogenMod today has given its sad goodbye forever in a post that makes it well said that they stop developing ROMs. Of course, they will leave the open source or open source so that any developer can take it and create their custom ROM. But what has been said, a sad and bitter note for this Christmas day in which we should be thinking of other more positive things.
This is the note on the blog:
As part of the Cyanogen consolidation, all Cyanogen services and nightly builds will be released as of December 31, 2016. The Open Source Project and source code will remain available for anyone who wants to develop CyanogenMod personally.
Ultimately, a very sad day for Android, since we are facing one of the development teams that have been part of the spectacular progression of this OS for mobile devices. Android cannot be understood without CyanogenMod, and surely in the future we will miss that large number of developers who non-profit offered ROMs for those users who were looking to update their phone to the latest version of Android, or simply they wanted their phone to work well.
Cyanogen has not clarified the reasons for this decision, but the truth is that lately they were not having a good time and even its founder had to leave the company.
Now we can say goodbye to a CyanogenMod that has meant a lot for as many users as for Android itself. Surely those ROMs that stay with their open source will be taken by developers and chefs, but I said, a sad day for Android.
[Updated] Cyanogen Inc will close its doors on December 31; with it the support to the builds nightlies and CyanogenOS.
[Updated 2] CyanogenMod confirmed yesterday afternoon that it closes the doors, as well as all operations. This link takes you to the CM blog entry.