What’s your basis for presuming low odds? I’m miles away from IT, but my layman’s understanding is that while Arm has terrific IP, Qualcomm isn’t exactly pushing the envelope with their custom designs despite/because of a de facto monopoly on high-end Android chips. The consumer is suffering under the current regime, and if licensing is going to get far more expensive, phonemakers aren’t going to just eat margin.

I’m not a fan of the corporate oligarchy we find ourselves in, but it’s important to accept that sometimes big companies make decisions that are good for consumers — if only because it’s also good for the bottom line. To my mind, this is one such example.