REPORT: 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 tablets (Update: Qualcomm, Arm respond)
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The license cancellation could massively disrupt the Arm PC, AI, and smartphone market.
        • Maggoty@lemmy.worldEnglish
          21·
          8 days ago

          Yes. I’m not saying it’s not monopolistic behavior. I’m saying it’s not a government sanctioned monopoly.

                • JasonDJ@lemmy.zipEnglish
                  31·
                  8 days ago

                  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.

                  • explodicle@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                    12·
                    8 days ago

                    Civil law created and enforced by the goverment is goverment sanctioned. And FYI it is also criminal, you can go to goverment-sanctioned private prison for it.

                • Maggoty@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  21·
                  8 days ago

                  Just stop. This is the same bad faith rabbit hole libertarians use to say the government is all violence, from safety codes to taxes.

                • lud@lemm.eeEnglish
                  11·
                  7 days ago

                  Lol, are you some sovereign citizen‽

                  The world doesn’t work like that. You can’t just say “No that thing isn’t your! I didn’t agree with it being yours.”