I think the logic is that as deep system customization becomes part of the standard ROM, the reason for rooting wouldn’t be as necessary. Of course for power users like myself and I assume you as well, it’ll always be a bone of contention. I’ve long accepted that if rooting a phone is that important to me, then I’ll…

Can’t root without a modified bootloader. That’s going to be bad for a lot of phones this coming year as most will not allow you to unlock your bootloader....

I knew I'd find someone smarter than Stephen Hawking on Gizmodo.