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...
cuu508 · 25m ago
Anyone has a pointer to the relevant part in directive 2014/53/EU?
ilsubyeega · 1h ago
I cannot see any relevant discussion related to this, so I'm putting this in.
Related: Samsung Removes Bootloader Unlocking with One UI 8 (286 points, 7 days ago, 245 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44706409
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...
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44765939 (1 day ago, flagged)