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arrow-up1670arrow-down1external-linkREPORT: 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 tabletswww.windowscentral.combuckbanzai@infosec.pub to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square172fedilink
minus-squaresunbeam60@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down3·15 hours agoSorry have you been around to observe a lot of free markets ending?
minus-squaretrashgirlfriend@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down3·15 hours agoGestures wildly at current state of things
minus-squaresunbeam60@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-212 hours agoYes but the statement was “this is how free markets always end”. And I’m just wondering if the commenter has actually been around to see “free markets ending.”
minus-squaretrashgirlfriend@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·10 hours agoI think they were less talking about them ending as much as them tending towards the monopoly state over time.
minus-squaresunbeam60@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoGot it. Saying “this is how free markets always end” if they meant “free markets tends to move towards monopolies” confused me.
Sorry have you been around to observe a lot of free markets ending?
Gestures wildly at current state of things
Yes but the statement was “this is how free markets always end”. And I’m just wondering if the commenter has actually been around to see “free markets ending.”
I think they were less talking about them ending as much as them tending towards the monopoly state over time.
Got it. Saying “this is how free markets always end” if they meant “free markets tends to move towards monopolies” confused me.