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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)

submitted 1 month ago by buckbanzai@infosec.pub to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] ArdMacha@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Simping for Qualcomm is definitely not a take i expected

[–] CalcProgrammer1@lemmy.ml 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

In the mobile Linux scene, Qualcomm chips are some of the best supported ones. I don't love everything Qualcomm does, but the Snapdragon 845 makes for a great Linux phone and has open source drivers for most of the stack (little thanks to Qualcomm themselves).

[–] thesporkeffect@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

Qualcomm is one of the worst monopolists in any industry though. They are widely known to have a stranglehold on all mobile device development