How Qualcomm plans to take over

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You probably know Qualcomm for their Snapdragon chips in Android phones, but there is a lot more to the company. In this video, let’s explore how they got so dominant and what they have planned next.

The Story Behind - ep. 81

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[ShahTalks]

The Qualcomm patent hoarding is something I didn't know happened

[danielBAC]

Could you make a separate video on the rise of Mediatek, especially in the last two years.

Will the partnership between Mediatek and Nvidia make an impact in the chromebook and windows laptop space.

[saadmahmud]

I have considered Snapdragon as a preference when buying phones for the last 4-5 years. But after using phones Mediatek's newer improved chips, I have to say Qualcomm has real competition now.

[hackerbrinelam]

Once watched the video, Qualcomm is just like Microsoft in the past, monopolizing, actively doing anticompetitive practices, in addition (unlike Microsoft) their monopoly power makes them no want to advertise themselves, which I think ironically makes them free from a PR disaster, which make it more likely/faater for regulators to step in. This story makes it more funny by the fact that Qualcomm is at a higher ground than Microsoft by specializing in smartphones instead of Pc( ARM chips, mobility etc), and is able to get away with it with its anticompetitive behavior and still have great future and own the initiative to deter their main public image

[ErebosGR]

The only reason I care about Qualcomm Snapdragon chips is because they publish drivers so LineageOS and AOSP-based roms can exist.
I'm not gonna buy a Mediatek-powered phone ever again if they don't do the same.

[briandsouza]

Wow! Didn't know that Qualcomm was such an evil company!

[Fortzon]

TIL Qualcomm was the top dog only thanks to its anti-competitive practices. I simply thought that Qualcomm has been the best for years just because their Snapdragon is the best SoC.

Thanks for another great video!

[mr.nne]

Here in India, few years ago even entry-level phones were powered by SD, but now the scene is completely changed. MediaTek has largely replaced SD in entry and mid-range. And recently there is also entry of chinese chips.

[DrakiniteOfficial]

I also appreciate that you refused to call Facebook "Meta". Subtle resistance to the company that's trying to erase their past.

[sharishth]

The reason Qualcomm still has an hopeful future, cause many tech enthusiast think ARM is the future which can be pretty convincing, specifically a video by coreteks which is a little old but still great to watch.

[satwikt]

This channel deserves more views and subs

[tengkualiff]

Still one of the best tech youtubers here. Love how you research, explain and do things here.

[_Digitalguy]

Great video. I was wondering why you think Samsung is in decline....Sure Chinese competition is strong, but I was thinking that with Huawei demise in the rest of the world and Samsung being one of the few ARM fab, it has a bright future (let alone all their other businesses)

[DrakiniteOfficial]

Holy cow, I didn't know any of that about Qualcomm. Moral of the story? Powerful companies are fundamentally bad...

[CapCrunch]

I’m all for competition if it forces companies to make their products like their chips better than the last. However, a company like Qualcomm that uses shady, unfair legal tactics to stifle competition should be shunned.

It will be as if Qualcomm sues Apple for patent infringement for the Apple M2 chip (if it were to be superior to Qualcomm’s Nuvia chip) and uses the Chewbacca Defense to win in court and block further production of Apple Silicon. (Like the music industry suing Chef over a song he wrote.)

[swipekonme]

my fave theory: ultimately all 3 bad boys Intel, apple, Qualcomm, would come together and build their backdoors together

[siddestroyer]

Posting a year late. But it's been clarified there is no exclusivity agreement between Microsoft and Qualcomm. Look it up. It more boiled down to the actual investment Qualcomm was willing to make to port Windows to ARM.

[xivix]

I wish I knew their practises earlier to try and avoid them

[redyau_]

Ayy the hair is back! It actually feels nostalgic, weird :D

[badrinair]

Id did notice the sudden surge or advertisements from snapdragon. If they are pumping money into marketing then it does mean that they are Shaken! Good for competition, good for consumers.