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ASUS is apparently killing the ability to root present and future Zenfone, Updated
(www.androidauthority.com)
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
Rooting users are only a small percentage of all users so they probably won't even notice unfortunately.
sent from rooted phone
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.
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.
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,
Doesn't matter if I ever want to root my phone or not.
It's mine.