• @Maggoty
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    3 months ago

    What’s government enforced about it? Is ARM the only allowed chip designer for cellphones?

    • Fushuan [he/him]
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      13 months ago

      license enforcement is a thing because if someone bypasses it you can sue them, which is a government interaction. Technically, claiming X means nothing if there’s no one that enforces your claim.

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        23 months ago

        Yes but that rule protects you the same as it does them. They can be a monopoly if nobody else can get their chips sold but they cannot be a government enforced monopoly unless nobody else is allowed to sell chips.

        • Fushuan [he/him]
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          03 months ago

          That’s your interpretation and that’s fine but I understand that they have a monopolies because their patent is broad enough to be hard to create alternatives, and the patent is government enforced. That’s how I understood it at least.

          In any case, I don’t really mind if you want to keep using your interpretation, I was just trying to rationalise what the other commenter said and explain what I though was their point of view to say what they said.

          Have a great day.

          • @Maggoty
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            13 months ago

            That’s not just my opinion. That’s the definition going straight back to Adam Smith.

      • @Maggoty
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        53 months ago

        That’s not a government enforced monopoly. A government enforced monopoly means nobody else is allowed in the market. Like utility companies.

        • @[email protected]
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          53 months ago

          Lots of Utilities are consumer cooperatives which is funnily enough Socialist, but the people working there wouldn’t like to hear that.

          • @Maggoty
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            13 months ago

            But they can sell phones.

              • @Maggoty
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                13 months ago

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

                  • @Maggoty
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                    13 months ago

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

      • @bamfic
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        -43 months ago

        Lol copyrights and patents are capitalism