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Yea, my point exactly. All the recent IP covers improvements since 2G. Apple can try to sell a 2G network connected iPhone based on expired IP without the Qualcomm tax.

Free market pricing is based on demand of the feature not the cost to make it. Qualcomm should be pricing the part at the point where the phone without the qualcomm part is equal value per dollar.

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If a monopolist (or dominant oligopolist) charges too much, it would encourage competitors, at least if they don't have a stranglehold through patents. There may be a sweet spot where the "free market" allows them to remain a monopolist.

Patents don’t last forever, and there are a dozen ways to solve each problem.

Apple is sitting on 200b in cash. What would be great for consumers if they spent some of their cash on 6g networks before they turn into a sovereign wealth fund.

Apple is not a carrier and they don’t own spectrum. So, they would need to buy one expand 6g networks.

Anyway, such verticals integration is unlikely to be good for consumers.

Qualcomm doesn’t own spectrum either. Apple should be investing in tech, not in cash. It’s crazy to think of tech companies sitting on that much cash. At this rate, apple will have 1T in the bank in 15 years.

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