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Neither are particularly friendly, just Qualcomm acquired an open wifi business and only slowly bled it into a proprietary firmware driver.

Qualcomm is largely responsible for how proprietary and draconian most mobile phones are, though.

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true, Qualcomm was hostile to OSS, until it bought Atheros, and it kept Atheros open, so Qualcomm is only partially friendly to OSS.

What are you talking about? Qualcomm is still hostile to free software, forcing binary blobs down your throat if you want to use an 802.11ac chipset. Ath10k might be open source, but everything interesting is hidden away by the proprietary firmware, like on Intel and Broadcom chips.

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