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The EU already requires 5 years of patches since last year. Motorola thinks they have found a loophole, so there are still some, ahem, patches needed to the law
by wasmitnetzen 5mo ago
The EU already requires 5 years of patches since last year. Motorola thinks they have found a loophole, so there are still some, ahem, patches needed to the law.
- Aachen 5mo agoDo you have more info about this? I recommended Motorola phones to people based on a combination of price, their needs, and expected longevity (at least 5y now with the new update and replacement part requirements). If that's not the case then I want to update my recommendations
- oblio 5mo agohttps://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/news/new-eu-rules-durable-energy-efficient-and-repairable-smartphones-and-tablets-start-applying-2025-06-20_en https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/news/new-eu-rules...
- catlikesshrimp 5mo agomotorolanis not mentioned there
- oblio 5mo agoNo company is mentioned there...
- Aachen 5mo agoI don't see the word loophole on that page. Would there's no way the EU will provide that information so I'm not going to comb through that page looking for, and speculating on, what GP could possibly have meant... Could you be anymore specific about what part of this is the loophole that Motorola allegedly found?
- oblio 5mo agoI don't know either and I can't really assume that a single American but Chinese owned company hacked the law on day 1.
- lxgr 5mo agohttps://www.androidauthority.com/motorola-eu-software-updates-loophole-3636627/ https://www.androidauthority.com/motorola-eu-software-update... tl;dr: You apparently only need to provide 5 years of updates if you provide updates at all....