REPORT: 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 tablets

buckbanzai@infosec.pub · 2 months ago

REPORT: 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 tablets

explodicle@sh.itjust.works · edit-2 2 months ago

Nobody else is allowed to sell these phones without licenses

Maggoty@lemmy.world · 2 months ago

But they can sell phones.

explodicle@sh.itjust.works · 2 months ago

That’s called “monopolistic competition”. They can’t sell the same phone they were already making.

Maggoty@lemmy.world · 2 months ago

Yes. I’m not saying it’s not monopolistic behavior. I’m saying it’s not a government sanctioned monopoly.

explodicle@sh.itjust.works · 2 months ago

Perhaps I should sell some without a license.

Maggoty@lemmy.world · 2 months ago

Okay? The company will be the one to enforce their license.

explodicle@sh.itjust.works · 2 months ago

I didn’t agree to their license.

JasonDJ@lemmy.zip · edit-2 2 months ago

But that’s not criminal. That’s civil. That’s no different than a contract dispute. It’s not government enforced, but it may be government mediated.

You could disobey a civil summons…but that’s a different issue.

explodicle@sh.itjust.works · 2 months ago

Civil law created and enforced by the goverment is goverment sanctioned. And FYI it is also criminal, you can go to goverment-sanctioned private prison for it.

Maggoty@lemmy.world · 2 months ago

Just stop. This is the same bad faith rabbit hole libertarians use to say the government is all violence, from safety codes to taxes.

explodicle@sh.itjust.works · 2 months ago

Fuck off, it is violence whether or not we believe it’s justified.

lud@lemm.ee · 2 months ago

Lol, are you some sovereign citizen‽

The world doesn’t work like that. You can’t just say “No that thing isn’t your! I didn’t agree with it being yours.”

explodicle@sh.itjust.works · 2 months ago

Indeed, that’s what makes it a goverment sanctioned monopoly.

REPORT: 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 tablets

REPORT: 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 tablets

REPORT: 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 tablets (Update: Qualcomm, Arm respond)