[ballenf]

The article explicitly says Apple waited until they could get chips from another source, Intel. Their general counsel explicitly said they would have sued sooner, but were at Qualcomm's mercy and feared retaliation. Maybe that's revisionist history and seems unlikely to be so clearcut, but that's their story.

[tooltalk]

Intel Infineon has been around quite a while. Apple's lawsuit comes only after Apple as the article correctly notes conspired with Samsung to force the Korean regulators to go after Qualcomm. There are other backdrops, such as the SCOTUS's recent decision not to award damage on entire device willy-nilly (see Samsung vs Apple).

[MBCook]

‘Conspired’ to have regulators go after a patent monopolist for not following the terms they agreed to?

That’s not a conspiracy.

[tooltalk]

Hey, don't get mad at me, bro because Bloomberg thinks Apple a crook. That's Bloomberg's wording, not mine. The same article also mentions that JY Lee of Samsung is convicted of corruption in South Korea, having colluded with the previous administration. While there is no conclusive evidence that Samsung paid off KFTC regulators to go after Qualcomm, I wouldn't be too surprised it turns out they did -- my father used to work for the South Korean Intelligent Agency for almost two decades and these things do happen.

Apple is also known to influence and buy politicians to win favors -- see Obama's reversal of Samsung ITC in 2013. In America, this is called "lobbying" and is perfectly legit. It's also rumored that USFTC's lawsuit against Qualcomm was Obama's parting gift to Apple. It looked like Qualcomm's allies (aka, lobbyists) urged Trump to terminate FTC's complaint against Qualcom, but I guess we will have to see how far this administration will allow this to go on.

[MBCook]

Bloomberg is also the publication that claimed Apple had multiple standing ovations at the iPhone X launch event.

There were none. It was REALLY easy to check that. There was a video anyone can watch.

If they misuse it why jot either quote it (to make it clear it’s kind of dubious) or use a correct term?

[MikusR]

noun: conspiracy; a secret plan by a group to do something unlawful or harmful.

[MBCook]

How is it harmful or unlawful to sue someone for violation of a contract?

That’s why contract law exists.