Not sure if this is the right category, but why are launchers like yapOS, Index OS, and FunnyOS discouraged?
Who is discouraging them?
Usually even benevolent producers of devices discourage alternate OSs because they cause issues that less educated users complain to the company about problems caused by alternate OSs, complicating troubleshooting.
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Right. Because the custom launchers get in through a security hole to escalate privileges they're more likely to brick a device if something goes wrong. I've got a "launcher sandbox" working that gives a custom Launcher.pdx all of the functions it needs to display all of the games on the device and launch them, but it's not quite ready for 2.7. Hopefully 3.0! We all love the idea of custom launchers, just want to make sure they're safe to use. 
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Custom launchers are pretty safe already! Speaking as the dev of FunnyOS/FunnyOS 2/FunnyLoader, the way everything is installed is very difficult to mess up. I believe the issue where the recovery mode combo wasn't getting recognised is fixed, so any mistakes are pretty easy to reverse now. The only big issue is if there's a bad USB connection things might not get transferred properly, but this hasn't been entirely confirmed. Really cannot wait to see what Panic cooks up for their new launcher!
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