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I'm wondering the implications of this. Is Microsoft entitled to a percentage of everything that is run on windows? Is Google entitled to a cut of anything th

I'm wondering the implications of this. Is Microsoft entitled to a percentage of everything that is run on windows? Is Google entitled to a cut of anything that runs on chrome (do products running on aws and azure count?) Is Intel entitled to anything running on their silicon?

amelius 5y ago
And further up the supply chain: Is TSMC entitled to some part of Apple's and Intel's profits? Is ASML entitled to some part of TSMC's profits? I'd be ok with this if sweatshop worker is entitled to a significant part of Nike's profits. Perhaps we can make the economy fair after all.
- taneq 5y ago
  I’m sure it’s not on the same scale but I wonder what percentage of their profits go to payroll?
- deleted 5y ago
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3836293648 5y ago
Answer to the middle one: Absolutely not, Chromium is BSD3
- ryukafalz 5y ago
  Most users aren't running Chromium, though; they're running Chrome, which decidedly is not BSD3.
- belltaco 5y ago
  Absolutely yes, Chromebooks are DRM'ed up the wazoo, much more than any Windows PC.
taneq 5y ago
If Microsoft wanted to lock down Windows 11 so it could only run software from the MS Store, they could. It’d be platform suicide… but they could.
- nicce 5y ago
  They have already done that with Win 10S edition. Only apps from the store are allowed.
riversflow 5y ago
I mean, that's how contracts work? If these companies wanted to do that they could, but they don't see it as a good business decision. Apparently Apple feels its moat is big enough. example: Qualcomm likes to charge 5% of the device price for the use of their patents.[1] [1]https://www.eetimes.com/apple-reveals-qualcomm-patent-fees/ https://www.eetimes.com/apple-reveals-qualcomm-patent-fees/
matheusmoreira 5y ago
Does the entitlement ever end?