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

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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  • ASUS has apparently withdrawn the ability to unlock the bootloader on its phones.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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King@lemmy.world
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DAE 10 years of support for 800€ ?

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XLRV@lemmy.ml
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They don’t have to support it 10 years, but they shouldn’t prevent people to keep their phones updated themselves with custom ROMs.

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King@lemmy.world
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Ah the peak of security, third party custom roms. Accept your hobby isnt popular and move on, grown ups like their banking apps working

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XLRV@lemmy.ml
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Yeah, you can use Open source roms.

Why being against freedom? Allowing ROMs and root won’t affect you if you don’t want to use them.

No need to be unpleasant too.

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