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ASUS is apparently killing the ability to root present and future Zenfones (www.androidauthority.com)
submitted 1 year ago by SeaJ@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world
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TL;DR

  • ASUS has apparently withdrawn the ability to unlock the bootloader on its phones.
  • As per the company’s technical support team, Zenfone 10 and Zenfone 9 users
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[–] StayFrosty@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I feel eventually every company would do the same.

[–] deweydecibel@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think it more likely we'll get to the point where getting a key to unlock the bootloader requires some kind of bullshit businesses license, or else is only possible on higher end phones. Kind of like how Windows is increasingly walling options off from everyone except Enterprise users.

Or the end result of this eSIM shit comes to pass: unlocking the bootloader breaks the SIM and/or the carrier refuses to let it on the network.