[Off-topic] Most manufactures when they had small consumer base were developer friendly, it is when they gain significant market they stop being one. I can th

[Off-topic] Most manufactures when they had small consumer base were developer friendly, it is when they gain significant market they stop being one. I can think of few technical reasons as well, 1. To sustain competition they have build their IP (e.g camera blob, Personal Assistant) . 2. Security as a commodity, especially for enterprise customers. OnePlus has deep relations with XDA community, Oppo's Find series phone was actively contributed and If I'm right; the mods got free devices then. Oxygen OS team was by itself Paranoid Android team. OnePlus devices could be the best 'modder' friendly phone right now, the question is how long they would be able to keep it that way.