Only in the US it seems. Non-US models usually have no issue with bootloader unlocking and the custom ROM scene is usually pretty active. It may trip an e-fuse

Only in the US it seems. Non-US models usually have no issue with bootloader unlocking and the custom ROM scene is usually pretty active. It may trip an e-fuse though, causing some features to be disabled forever. But unfortunately that's the direction Android has taken over the years. Getting stuff like banking to work on a non-stock phone is getting more and more annoying, even for the most hacker-friendly phones. I have stopped with custom ROMs, too much hassle for a daily driver, smartphones are not fun anymore, they are more like appliances than general purpose computers.