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To: chiilingInSd who wrote (196940)	12/12/2025 2:32:18 PM
From: Optntrdr1999	Respond to of 196976

wasnt that the one that was overturned - because the FTC took on face value everyone's word that QCOM was violating anti trust laws - but when the appeals court looked at it - it said that Judge Koh(?) erred in her weight without proof of that concept??

To: chiilingInSd who wrote (196940)	12/12/2025 2:45:22 PM
From: waitwatchwander	3 Recommendations Recommended By Art Bechhoefer pheilman_ PNUT Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 196976

The beef I had with the Apple settlement is that it barely recovered the cost of the legalities Qualcomm was put through due to Apple's shenanigans. As to the FTC, I saw that as less of an issue once the ways of Apple and Intel were made public. Billions have been drained from Qualcomm's coffers and that was mostly because others were unable to compete. Qualcomm enabled almost all of the global wireless universe, created Mediatek and paid to kick start wireless in almost all territories of the world. What's gone down would have never happened under the likes of Apple nor Intel. Many of the fines Qualcomm paid were also rather ridiculous. C'est la vie. In the end Apple has only become less relevant, wirelessly and AI-lessly. That's good for the world. ps Getting Intel out of wireless was beneficial for all. Much like it will also be with Apple, eventually.

To: chiilingInSd who wrote (196940)	12/12/2025 2:49:28 PM
From: Qurious	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 196976

Continue to source what from Intel? Intel did not have, and was unlikely to have, a 5G modem. Do not see why Apple's settlement could have had any impact on the circuit court overturn of Koh's rulings re FTC. Certainly nothing of the sort was raised in the court's arguments. There was no question Cook blinked. The only question is whether Q had to blink. Imo Q blinked not because of Koh's adverse Apple/FTC rulings then still under review but because there was a slim but nonzero probability that Cook could have gone to Mediatek.