When one company dominates a technology, it reduces incentives for other companies to join or be founded to address that space. If Qualcomm did not exist, there

When one company dominates a technology, it reduces incentives for other companies to join or be founded to address that space. If Qualcomm did not exist, there would be a market vacuum of that size, and it is impossible to predict how that vacuum would end up being filled decades later. The hope is that there would have been an entrant with similar technological prowess, but more humane business practices. (I have personally worked with Qualcomm in the past on both technical and business fronts. Their technology can be very good, but their business side can be straight up offensive in their anti-competitive and predatory demands. I would love to be deposed on this topic.)