Lineage sends apology letter for April Fools’ prank

LineageOS engaged in a prank on April Fool’s Day, causing intense user anger. Lineage recently issued an official apology through the official website.

There are two April Fools’ Day pranks for Lineage, one of which is actually good, but the other has attracted countless criticisms. Lineage released a new operating system version update to implement this prank, when the user starts the system, it will prompt the user to verify the failed, and send a software counterfeit warning, which caused the user’s panic and security concerns, they think this It is unforgivable that jokes are placed on operating systems that are so important to everyday life and work.

“These LOSGenuine notifications caused panic and security concerns with our users, and in hindsight was in bad taste for a platform such as ours. While we did not set out to inflict harm to our users, its clear by the feedback that we’ve received that many saw LOSGenuine as not only unfunny, but as a degradation of the trust users and maintainers.”

On April 10, Lineage officially issued an apology and the team promised that April Fool’s Day next year will be better.

Source: neowin