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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ASUS has apparently withdrawn the ability to unlock the bootloader on its phones.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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[-] stefenauris@pawb.social 77 points 1 year ago

Well there goes any compelling reason to buy their phones lol

[-] ayaya 33 points 1 year ago

I was genuinely thinking about going with an ASUS phone next because of the unlockable bootloader, this really sucks to see.

[-] Aarrodri@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Same here. Well they lost a potential costumer.

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