Comment by diggan

Still won't lead to a forced disabling of unlocked bootloaders, or making that illegal, mostly because the directive doesn't outright forbid that. But also because of this section:

> (19) Verification by radio equipment of the compliance of its combination with software should not be abused in order to prevent its use with software provided by independent parties.

Put together with the EU’s broader right-to-repair, if any phone manufacturer disables unlocking the bootloader, they're doing so for other reasons, not because RED rules forces them to.