Nobody wants to use Qualcomm’s chips. Everybody has to use Qualcomm’s chips. Through some combination of patent bullshit, leonine contract bullshit, and multinational certification bullshit, your options are “buy Qualcomm” or “yell.”
Only on the cellular side due to their patent portfolio, but Qualcomm’s non-cellular chips such as in this case are still very expensive. Everyone’s prices have gone up as they have moved to the smaller process nodes, but Qualcomm charges a premium over that.
IIRC it’s a regulatory hellscape.
Nobody wants to use Qualcomm’s chips. Everybody has to use Qualcomm’s chips. Through some combination of patent bullshit, leonine contract bullshit, and multinational certification bullshit, your options are “buy Qualcomm” or “yell.”
Only on the cellular side due to their patent portfolio, but Qualcomm’s non-cellular chips such as in this case are still very expensive. Everyone’s prices have gone up as they have moved to the smaller process nodes, but Qualcomm charges a premium over that.