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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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ASUS has apparently withdrawn the ability to unlock the bootloader on its phones.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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[-] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 2 points 1 year ago

I don't understand how this move is even supposed to make them more money.

[-] herrwoland@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

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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