[bri3d]

> - patents, so many patents, because of course it's a global standard that a) isn't open and b) everyone and their dog wants to profit off of

This is the only real problem. The other problems are challenging but surmountable engineering issues (which Apple already had solutions to, thanks to their Intel-modem acquisition).

There are plenty of Chinese basebands that work (code quality and security aside), because the CCP told Qualcomm to get bent in 2015.