Originally Posted by aurichie:
“Perhaps Samsung is blowing the Note 7 stuff out of all proportion when they say the recall due to exploding handsets is going to cost them billions of dollars. Anyway....
Flashing devices with custom roms is an absolute no-no for me for security reasons. Not blowing it out of proportion to suggest you just don't know what nasty stuff might be buried inside them, and if you're doing things like banking, logging into accounts, paying for goods and services, etc. then best of luck to you. I know there's a community of decent people who dedicate themselves to providing these things, and I'm sure the vast majority of them are relatively safe to use, but still it requires a certain level of blind trust that I cannot accept. I would rather buy a new device than risk it.”
Not a single phone has exploded, but you like the word so I'll let you keep using it if it makes you feel better.
As for custom ROMs, I'd have no qualms about Cyanogen OS and doubt anyone would download a ROM from an untrusted site. There are plenty of trusted sites, as you must know if you've used Android, so it's hard to take anything you say seriously.
Also, the Nexus 6 now has official Nougat about to go out. That is over 18 months old.