how to work around "Your device does not qualify for bootloader unlocking I've followed the guides but stupid Motorola is telling me that I can't unlock the bootloader so I'm blocked with

sudo ./fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.0.2-0-surnia.img 
(bootloader) has-slot:recovery: not found
target reported max download size of 268435456 bytes
sending 'recovery' (16152 KB)...
OKAY [  0.509s]
writing 'recovery'...
(bootloader) Preflash validation failed
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 0.921s


I'm working from an Ubuntu box.
You need to get the "cid" of the device by doing

./adb reboot bootloader
sudo ./fastboot getvar all


In my case it gives

(bootloader) cid: 0x0001


and as you can see at the official website, Lenovo/Motorola says "Your device is NOT eligible for bootloader unlock". You buy their phone and they still control it. Wait, what?