buckbanzai@infosec.pub to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 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-square127fedilinkarrow-up1548arrow-down15
arrow-up1543arrow-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 · 16 hours agomessage-square127fedilink
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down3·edit-25 hours agoWhat’s government enforced about it? Is ARM the only allowed chip designer for cellphones?
minus-squarebamfic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoLol copyrights and patents are capitalism
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 hours agoThat’s not a government enforced monopoly. A government enforced monopoly means nobody else is allowed in the market. Like utility companies.
minus-squareexplodiclelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-211 minutes agoNobody else is allowed to sell these phones without licenses
minus-squareOvershoot2648@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·48 minutes agoLots of Utilities are consumer cooperatives which is funnily enough Socialist, but the people working there wouldn’t like to hear that.
minus-squareFushuan [he/him]@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·3 hours agolicense 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.
What’s government enforced about it? Is ARM the only allowed chip designer for cellphones?
Copyrights and patents
Lol copyrights and patents are capitalism
I agree
That’s not a government enforced monopoly. A government enforced monopoly means nobody else is allowed in the market. Like utility companies.
Nobody else is allowed to sell these phones without licenses
Lots of Utilities are consumer cooperatives which is funnily enough Socialist, but the people working there wouldn’t like to hear that.
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.