buckbanzai@infosec.pub to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 hours agoREPORT: Arm is sensationally canceling the license that allowed Qualcomm to make Snapdragon chips which power everything from Microsoft's Copilot+ PCs to Samsung's Galaxy smartphones and tabletswww.windowscentral.comexternal-linkmessage-square161fedilinkarrow-up1621arrow-down17
arrow-up1614arrow-down1external-linkREPORT: Arm is sensationally canceling the license that allowed Qualcomm to make Snapdragon chips which power everything from Microsoft's Copilot+ PCs to Samsung's Galaxy smartphones and tabletswww.windowscentral.combuckbanzai@infosec.pub to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 hours agomessage-square161fedilink
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·7 hours agoThat’s not a government enforced monopoly. A government enforced monopoly means nobody else is allowed in the market. Like utility companies.
minus-squareOvershoot2648@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 hours agoLots of Utilities are consumer cooperatives which is funnily enough Socialist, but the people working there wouldn’t like to hear that.
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-25 hours agoNobody else is allowed to sell these phones without licenses
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 hours agoThat’s called “monopolistic competition”. They can’t sell the same phone they were already making.
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoYes. I’m not saying it’s not monopolistic behavior. I’m saying it’s not a government sanctioned monopoly.
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 hour agoPerhaps I should sell some without a license.
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·22 minutes agoOkay? The company will be the one to enforce their license.
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 minutes agoI didn’t agree to their license.
That’s not a government enforced monopoly. A government enforced monopoly means nobody else is allowed in the market. Like utility companies.
Lots of Utilities are consumer cooperatives which is funnily enough Socialist, but the people working there wouldn’t like to hear that.
Nobody else is allowed to sell these phones without licenses
But they can sell phones.
That’s called “monopolistic competition”. They can’t sell the same phone they were already making.
Yes. I’m not saying it’s not monopolistic behavior. I’m saying it’s not a government sanctioned monopoly.
Perhaps I should sell some without a license.
Okay? The company will be the one to enforce their license.
I didn’t agree to their license.