buckbanzai@infosec.pub to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day 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-square173fedilinkarrow-up1679arrow-down17
arrow-up1672arrow-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 · 1 day agomessage-square173fedilink
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-212 hours agoNobody else is allowed to sell these phones without licenses
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 hours agoThat’s called “monopolistic competition”. They can’t sell the same phone they were already making.
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 hours agoYes. I’m not saying it’s not monopolistic behavior. I’m saying it’s not a government sanctioned monopoly.
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 hours agoPerhaps I should sell some without a license.
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 hours agoOkay? The company will be the one to enforce their license.
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 hours agoI didn’t agree to their license.
minus-squareJasonDJ@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-25 hours agoBut 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.
Nobody else is allowed to sell these phones without licenses
But they can sell phones.
That’s called “monopolistic competition”. They can’t sell the same phone they were already making.
Yes. I’m not saying it’s not monopolistic behavior. I’m saying it’s not a government sanctioned monopoly.
Perhaps I should sell some without a license.
Okay? The company will be the one to enforce their license.
I didn’t agree to their license.
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.