How Qualcomm shook down the cell phone industry for almost 20 years

Re:How Qualcomm shook down the cell phone industry for almos... by planetsmashr on Thursday May 30, 2019 @10:11PM (#20057733)

I recently worked with a technical VP at a chip foundry in South Korea. One day Quallcom came up in discussion and he said "Qualcomm are like gangsters in the industry".

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Re:How Qualcomm shook down the cell phone industry for almos... by tooltalk on Friday May 31, 2019 @04:58AM (#20059307)

I know this is completely tangential, but just wondering if Apple ever came up in discussion.

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Re:How Qualcomm shook down the cell phone industry for almos... by ddorian43 on Friday May 31, 2019 @05:41AM (#20059493)

Apple is the gangster in the hood.

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Re:How Qualcomm shook down the cell phone industry for almos... by sangnoir on Friday May 31, 2019 @12:00PM (#20062099)

What Apple did to/with that glass foundry that went under was straight-up gangster.

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Re:How Qualcomm shook down the cell phone industry for almos... by nasut on Saturday June 01, 2019 @05:18AM (#20068274)

And because of that the little glass (actually sapphire) company´s execs are in court for fraud and the little glass company Apple raised from obscurity (Gorilla) is doing pretty well - Right. Gangster

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Re:How Qualcomm shook down the cell phone industry for almos... by sangnoir on Monday June 03, 2019 @12:22AM (#20080385)

I might be missing your sarcasm (as they are not 'little'), but are you suggesting that Apple raised the 168 year old, S&P 500 Corning Glass from obscurity?

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