Apple, being Qualcomm's customer, would seem to actually be the injured party here. There's some debate in this thread about Apple actually coming up with the

Apple, being Qualcomm's customer, would seem to actually be the injured party here. There's some debate in this thread about Apple actually coming up with the idea for exclusivity, but I'm not sure if that's actually relevant. Analogy: The town's only supermarket is outrageously expensive. You tell the owner "give me $100 per month for the next 10 years, and I'll never go to another shop", because you can't get to another shop anyway and need to somehow lower food prices. Then, 10 years later, a second store opens, you've started to grow your own potatoes, and you can actually risk ruining your relationship to the shop owner by telling the authorities that they have been gauging everyone.