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ASUS is apparently killing the ability to root present and future Zenfones(www.androidauthority.com)

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  • ASUS has apparently withdrawn the ability to unlock the bootloader on its phones.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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Herr Woland@lemmy.world
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And there I was seriously considering getting one. Greed is ruining good things again.

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Secret@lemmy.world
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Again? I didn’t realize the ride had stopped for a bit. .

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lolcatnip@reddthat.com
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I don’t understand how this move is even supposed to make them more money.

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Herr Woland@lemmy.world
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My guess is they’re going to slow down the device on new android and block rooting so you can’t install your own OS, also, probably doing a lot of spying on the users.

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