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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 (www.windowscentral.com)
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[–] [email protected] 76 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

With the understanding that both of these are publicly traded multi-billion-dollar corporations and therefore neither should be trusted (albeit Arm Holdings has about 1/10 of the net assets), I feel like I distrust Arm less on this one than whatever Qualcomm is doing on their coke-fueled race to capitalize on the AI bubble.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

What does trust have to do with anything? I mean, they seem to be arguing because Qualcomm bought a separate licensor and ARM argues that requires a contract renegotiation. This is the least take sides-y legal dispute in the history of legal disputes.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

What does trust have to do with anything?

The fact that I'm not a legal expert who's read the relevant portion of the existing contract? Like what Arm says seems reasonable, but at the end of the day, I have nothing definitive to go on.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

Oh, no, I agree, what I'm saying is you don't need to trust anybody here. Not everything is a sport, you can see this happen and not root for anybody. It's a complex legal problem that likely flies over everybody's heads without reading all the relevant communications. It's not a take sides, trust-based thing.