@buckbanzai@infosec.pub to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 9 months 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-square198arrow-up1756
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minus-square@Maggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish7•8 months agoThat’s not a government enforced monopoly. A government enforced monopoly means nobody else is allowed in the market. Like utility companies.
minus-square@Overshoot2648@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish5•8 months agoLots of Utilities are consumer cooperatives which is funnily enough Socialist, but the people working there wouldn’t like to hear that.
minus-square@explodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-28 months agoNobody else is allowed to sell these phones without licenses
minus-square@explodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish2•8 months agoThat’s called “monopolistic competition”. They can’t sell the same phone they were already making.
minus-square@Maggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•8 months agoYes. I’m not saying it’s not monopolistic behavior. I’m saying it’s not a government sanctioned monopoly.
minus-square@explodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish1•8 months agoPerhaps I should sell some without a license.
minus-square@Maggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•8 months agoOkay? The company will be the one to enforce their license.
minus-square@explodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish1•8 months agoI didn’t agree to their license.
minus-square@JasonDJ@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglish3•edit-28 months 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.
minus-square@Maggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•8 months agoJust stop. This is the same bad faith rabbit hole libertarians use to say the government is all violence, from safety codes to taxes.
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.
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.
Just stop. This is the same bad faith rabbit hole libertarians use to say the government is all violence, from safety codes to taxes.
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