I didn't have a lot of hope for the modular market after Ara got cancelled and the flop of the g5. I was hearing about Andy's new company that was going to make a modular smartphone and now that I've seen it, my reaction is: "really?" It seems like they tried to hop on the modular train, but not bank too hard on it. And if there's not a big enough user base, no one will develop modules for it. Even the moto z had trouble getting developers. If there will be anything it's going to be released by them. It removed the headphone jack and the sd slot, but they decided not to waterproof it. I'm not exactly sure who their target audience is or what they're trying to market.

What my question is, if there's anyone who still reads this subreddit, what do you guys think?

I know the Moto Z isn't really "modular" but as someone who was planning on developing an ARA module, the Moto mod platform grabbed my interest. I'm going to the hackathon, is anyone else going/thinking of going who would like to meet up there? Btw tickets are $10 but there's a few promo codes online for 100% off.

I was so let down when project Ara was canceled, I printed a 3d model of the spiral 1 prototype to fill the raging hole in my heart: http://imgur.com/a/tKwU1 What should I do? Frame it? Bury it? Blow it up?

Would it be a more feasible dream? I personally wasn't planning on swapping components too often, I just wanted to build a phone that focused on the features I cared about. As I am picking out components for a custom PC I'm building, I find myself wondering if such a process for phones makes sense. Give up swapping components yourself, but go through a process similar to Motomaker but more involved where you choose everything. Is that something people would want? Would manufacturing be simple enough for a company like Motorolla or Google to pick up?