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ASUS is apparently killing the ability to root present and future Zenfones
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this post was submitted on 07 Aug 2023
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ASUS is apparently killing the posibility of me being a potential customer of their smartphones.
Rooting users are only a small percentage of all users so they probably won't even notice unfortunately.
sent from rooted phone
Doesn't matter if I ever want to root my phone or not.
It's mine.
People who just want a vanilla experience likely all buy Samsung.
Samsung goes so hard with their proprietary apps and intrusive ads. The closest to vanilla I've gotten is a pixel phone.
By vanilla I mean the most basic for consumers, not debloated factory default, which is what someone who roots their phone might want. The average customer is definitely not bothering with that,
Samsung unlocked is free to root, and they even provide the tools to do so. Most models supported in the free distros as well.
Yeah, but then you break Knox, and can't EVER fix it. The phone becomes instantly worthless for resale.