Update from Asus
The service team reply misunderstood the situation. Unlock tool is unavailable at this moment but we are allowing the possibility to unlock, please stay tuned.
**TL;DR
- ASUS has apparently withdrawn the ability to unlock the bootloader on its phones.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 won’t be able to root their phones.
Do consumer friendly phones exist at this point?
Sony allows unlocking the bootloader on a lot of their devices. Except two new US-specific models, according to their site.
Pixel phones are the few ones that you can unlock the bootloader and lock again.