They thought you meant carrier-unlocked. That's what most people care about, being able to switch providers.I doubt they even knew what a bootloader is.
They absolutely want a war of some kind, and fast. Trump definitely wants an excuse to "postpone" the midterms
Even before that, it's great for bouncing abstract ideas around for how you might go about defining that POC.
And it will also become more and more efficient over that time.