@[email protected] to TechnologyEnglish • 16 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-square131fedilinkarrow-up1559arrow-down15
arrow-up1554arrow-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.com@[email protected] to TechnologyEnglish • 16 hours agomessage-square131fedilink
minus-square@MaggotylinkEnglish1•3 hours agoThat’s not a government enforced monopoly. A government enforced monopoly means nobody else is allowed in the market. Like utility companies.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•1 hour agoLots of Utilities are consumer cooperatives which is funnily enough Socialist, but the people working there wouldn’t like to hear that.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-247 minutes agoNobody else is allowed to sell these phones without licenses
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.