Motorola recently launched several phones with no Android updates but five years of security patches in Europe.
This could be due to the company’s interpretation of EU regulations regarding software updates.
It seems like the regulations don’t actually force smartphone makers to offer software updates at all.
that’s not a regulatory loophole, that’s how it’s supposed to be. The phone needs to be securely usable for 5 years. That means security updates, not OS updates.
It is a regulatory loophole. Read the quoted law in the article. No updates have to be provided.