buckbanzai@infosec.pub to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month 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-square32fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-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 month agomessage-square32fedilink
minus-squarecum@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoThe free market is going very well here
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoThis is 100% capitalism. It’s not free market to have a goverment-enforced monopoly.
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-21 month agoWhat’s government enforced about it? Is ARM the only allowed chip designer for cellphones?
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoThat’s not a government enforced monopoly. A government enforced monopoly means nobody else is allowed in the market. Like utility companies.
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-21 month agoNobody else is allowed to sell these phones without licenses
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoThat’s called “monopolistic competition”. They can’t sell the same phone they were already making.
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoYes. I’m not saying it’s not monopolistic behavior. I’m saying it’s not a government sanctioned monopoly.
The free market is going very well here
This is 100% capitalism. It’s not free market to have a goverment-enforced monopoly.
What’s government enforced about it? Is ARM the only allowed chip designer for cellphones?
Copyrights and patents
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
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.