Apple was involved in the founding of ARM, but their licensing isn't special. Many companies, including Samsung, have ARM architecture licenses which allow them

Apple was involved in the founding of ARM, but their licensing isn't special. Many companies, including Samsung, have ARM architecture licenses which allow them to use the ARM instruction set with whatever custom design they want. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arm_Ltd.#Arm_architectural_licensees https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arm_Ltd.#Arm_architectural_lic...