The reason behind Samsung's bootloader unlock ban is an EU law

The reason behind Samsung's bootloader unlock ban is an EU law(sammobile.com)

6 points by ilsubyeega 287 days ago | 4 comments

I was suspicious of it given that the website looks like Samsung's mouthpiece, but there seems to be truth to it:

The Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) dubbed the new directive the "Radio Lockdown Directive". The FSFE has claimed that the directive will make it harder for small businesses to develop routers, since they will be tivoised and therefore GPLv3 incompatible. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Equipment_Directive_(201...

gnabgib 287 days ago |

Discussion (42 points, 2 days ago, 30 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44765939

Related: Samsung Removes Bootloader Unlocking with One UI 8 (286 points, 7 days ago, 245 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44706409

ilsubyeega 287 days ago |

I cannot see any relevant discussion related to this, so I'm putting this in.

- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44765939 (1 day ago, flagged)

cuu508 287 days ago |

Anyone has a pointer to the relevant part in directive 2014/53/EU?