On Mon, 05 Jun 2017 12:42:35 -0400, nospam
wrote:

In article , PeterN
wrote:

... Bloomberg fundamentally misunderstood what was going on. Qualcomm
wants to collect a certain sum by way of license and whether you
express this as X% of the cost of the phone or 8X% of the cost of a
chip is immaterial.

nonsense. there is absolute no justification whatsoever for the price
of a component to be based on the device in which it's used. zero.

I've already quoted specialists in the field explaining why it can be
a good idea and is common practice.

no you didn't. not only is it not common, but you failed to name
another company that engages in such predatory tactics. not a single
one.

what a company does with the parts they buy does not change the price
they pay for it, something you even agreed with.

you are defending the indefensible.

Wrong. Again simply Google "value based pricing."

value based pricing isn't the issue.

You may actually learn
something.

more than you have.

Yet another Kindergarten response. You have clue as to what I know.

yes i do, from reading your posts.

I am more impressed by what he_just_will_not_learn.
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Regards,

Eric Stevens