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You can add all the apps in the world to that phone in the palm of your hand.

But the device manufacturer still has more say over how your phone looks and works than you do.

Some people in the tech community don’t think it should be that way.

“I am a big believer that if you buy one of these devices, you should have the freedom to do what you want with it,” said Steve Kondik, co-founder of Cyanogen.

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Google’s Android 4.3 operating system, is displayed during a Google event at Dogpatch Studio in San Francisco.
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