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Originally Posted by Teknikal
Thing with that is rooting can be risky and it instantly destroys any warranty you have, also it's been reported on a few sites Google has actually added a utility to 4.4 that has the ability to remove root.
Google hasn't used it their Nexus line "yet" which is hopeful but once oems and carriers realise it's there they will probably activate it so this could be a temporary fix.
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Rooting in and of itself is not risky. Some things you can do with root *and* an unlocked bootloader can be risky like installing custom roms without following directions. You have to be trying to do risky things to have problems. I use root to be able to freeze bloat on non Nexus devices, to backup and restore apps, lower brightness below what is set by the os, and now to just get battery stats. None of this is risky. There are toolkits available to restore to factory state and I think Google knows better than to piss off devs by removing root capabilities especially on Nexus devices.