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How do you cheat with a physical object like that? Isn’t Qualcomm selling them the chips? It’s not a windows install, it’s a physical item they buy. Don’t they
by mattmaroon 4y ago
How do you cheat with a physical object like that? Isn’t Qualcomm selling them the chips? It’s not a windows install, it’s a physical item they buy. Don’t they just pay by the unit?
- hammock 4y agoThey might pay more for a unit that goes in an expensive phone than in a cheap phone, even if it's the same unit There are all kinds of licensing agreements that go along with physical products. For example a book or videotape that is licensed to be used in a library costs more than a book or videotape for personal consumption
- mattmaroon 4y agoIt exists, but are chips actually sold that way? And are major phone OEMs likely to violate such contracts to save some money? And is it sending any data that would be then determine it if so? It just seems pretty far fetched to me that this is at all the point. Not impossible, but very improbable.
- hammock 4y agoYes yes and maybe