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by MikusR 1035 days ago
ARM changed the licensing and now wants % of price of every end device sold.
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If it's that simple, they would have done it a long time ago. In reality, many companies have very long-term contracts. For example, Apple may have an indefinite architectural license.

I haven't looked into all their changes in detail but they're not just going to suddenly increase profit without their customers fighting back.

Fortunately Apple and Samsung is grandfathered in.
They'll quickly find device manufacturers moving to riscv with that tactic