The reason for the outcry was the partnership of CyanogenInc. with Indian brands (reads like MicroMax) despite the recent home sales OnePlusOne in India.
The Chinese are concerned about this, because they believe may be affected the timeliness of updates are released, the suppliers which is Cyanogen. That is why OnePlus already began work on branded firmware based on Android5.0 Lollipop. The developers promise to make her "stable, fast and easy" and follow the canons of MaterialDesign.
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