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The reason behind Samsung's bootloader unlock ban is an EU law
- ilsubyeega 1y agoI cannot see any relevant discussion related to this, so I'm putting this in. - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44765939 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44765939 (1 day ago, flagged)
- like_any_other 1y agoI 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_(2014) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Equipment_Directive_(201...
- gnabgib 1y agoDiscussion (42 points, 2 days ago, 30 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44765939 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 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44706409
- cuu508 1y agoAnyone has a pointer to the relevant part in directive 2014/53/EU?