Samsung users, if you are on One UI 8 and plan to downgrade to One UI 7 to be able to unlock the bootloader, do not install November's security patch!
Samsung users, if you are on One UI 8 and plan to downgrade to One UI 7 to be able to unlock the bootloader, do not install November's security patch!
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Bootloader unlocking option removed from One UI 8.0

Page 35. I haven't confirmed anything, so do your own research!
Happy new privacy respecting year!