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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] 23 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Simping for Qualcomm is definitely not a take i expected

[–] [email protected] 20 points 21 hours 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).

[–] [email protected] 14 points 19 hours 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