How come this wasn’t getting more attention?
I was expecting something like $15 to deter script kiddies that are following outdated/misleading/incomplete YouTube flashing tutorials and will end with a brick but $200???
It’s a giant “FUCK YOU” to the paying customer. If it was me, I’d flip the phone on eBay and never ever buy anything from Asus anymore
Yeah, $200 is like the price of a fully functioning entry level samsung A15/16 series smartphone which would get 5-6 years of updates! This is ridiculous. Being a niche brand and pulling these stunts is stupid.
What the actual fuck.
I think after all the bad press they got with the gamernexus warranty mess, it might be something to point them out to.
Been hearing lots of bad things about Asus, especially the whole Gamers Nexus thing
Probably because no one here cares about ASUS. It was only relevant because the Zenfone line was small. As soon as that returned to a normal (massive) form factor, any reason to buy an ASUS phone disappeared.
It isn’t just about one company, but precedent. If today Asus can get away with this, other will look and copy the behavior. Apple and Samsung started a lot of anti-consumer precedents and no one can sure Asus isn’t the next.
