• humanspiral@lemmy.ca
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    2 months ago

    While every comment here seems to scream “end patents”, arm has less patent bs than other tech (rounded corners) meant to sue/prevent use. Arm works hard on developing and improving architecture and designs to offer licenses at a compelling price. Qualcomm paying as much as other licensees should be preferable to Qualcomm than bankruptcy.

    • ozymandias117@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Yeah. The crowd rooting for Qualcomm has never worked with them

      ARM has it’s problems, but they aren’t in the wrong here

    • Laser@feddit.org
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      2 months ago

      Qualcomm paying as much as other licensees should be preferable to Qualcomm than bankruptcy.

      Not saying this is wrong, but where do you get it from? The article just states that ARM considers Qualcomm’s acquisition of Nuvia a breach of license. Both companies held ARM licenses before. What’s the issue with such a purchase?

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      2 months ago

      Oh so they aren’t as shitty as other companies so it is all good? Sounds like horseshit to me. Patents on a quickly changing area like computer technology are pretty asinine hence why people don’t like them.

      Also there is nothing preventing them from changing their behavior and turning into patent trolls in the future. In fact, enshitification pretty much guarantees they will at some point in the future.