Qualcomm did the right thing.

Avago Corp. now called Broadcom run by that Monkey man Tan will ruin Qualcomm into bits and pieces. Just like how Broadcomm was ruined, back then the key people left
& by selling tons of IP slashing $300M off the same fate will happen to Qcomm, first they will strip off the mega Patents which Qcomm holds and sell
them off to offset this $103Bn. Because that Tan is
interested in the NXP only due to the massive Automotive and IoT treasure (https://www.eetimes.com/author.asp?section_id=36&doc_id=1332...)

Surpisingly this is where Apple comes. Apple's iPhone's chipsets have tons of Broadcom tech
and they share ties with them, Apple may even buy them, Slowly the Android will die because no other corp apart
from Qcomm manages the OSS SRC development, CAF and XDA development speak for themselves.
For the better or worse, Qcomm is the ONLY leader in the OSS SoC game. Period.

Because
Intel doesn't do that and they retired after the Z3000 series powered ZenFone2 which has great processing at CPU with x86 for Android but poor SGX GPU
from Imagination Technologies & total lack of drivers and documentation made no OEM to opt for Intel.

Exynos (Samsung's) focus shifted when past Exynos powered SII, SIII was the last. Now the cat and mouse game happens with
their Knox lockdown on the Note5+ phones.

Mediatek is not even worth considering they are anti-GPL, HiSilicon (Huawei's) Kirin is in the same page as Exynos,
Open Kirin is only a try to grab XDA attention and budget game. Because once you make the chipset with Neural Engine which
will be under closed doors (NPU in Mate 10, Kirin 970) it won't be like Tensor Flow at all. Forget the OSS development under it.

Xiaomi doesn't bode well either with their super long 3-6mo wait times for kernel src drop they don't even stand a chance
against the Qcomm's Snapdragon SoCs and their CAF in both performance or the Open nature.
(Read- https://www.xda-developers.com/gplv2-and-its-infringement-by...)

Also Qcomm is responsible to destroy the SD80x platform off support due to the CTS check for
vulkan driver and lack of Nougat (Android 7.x) Reason ? Because these Corporates don't want to trust the OEMs,
and provide all documentation, If it leaks their IP is at stake of imitation, security issues. It's a dangerous game.
(Read- https://www.xda-developers.com/in-depth-capitulation-of-why-...)

And also Pixel, it's way worse now with removal of Accesibility services threat
(Read - https://www.xda-developers.com/google-threatening-removal-ac...) &
(http://www.androidpolice.com/2017/11/12/google-will-remove-p...)
(https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/7c4go5/is_google_p...)

Removal of overlay over other apps (Read - https://www.xda-developers.com/android-o-is-breaking-apps-th...)
Removal of granular battery stats (Read - http://www.androidpolice.com/2017/03/22/android-o-feature-sp...)
their new Pixel's Visual core is made by Intel (Read - https://www.xda-developers.com/google-intel-pixel-visual-cor...) and the functions it offers so far on the 8.x DP is just 2
(Read-https://www.xda-developers.com/developers-cant-test-hdr-pixe...)

So basically Google is now becoming Apple #2, with slamming doors infront of developers, Headphone jack fiasco, Overpriced trashware iPixels, also
they have a secure Element chip + A/B system making TWRP issues...(Read - https://www.xda-developers.com/magisk-v14-4-root-pixel-2-xl-...)

And coming back Qcomm did every innovation and acquired Patents legally for more than $25Bn,
Most of them include 4G/LTE and 5G R&D having a lead over Intel/Mediatek by 20Months but
they are raising price for that chip or license deals & as Apple wa earning a lot
over the iPhones, Qcom license works per phone profit basis. So they started this war against Qcomm since they are not new
to kill off the ones who have higher revenue as their producer-customer relationship like GT Adv tech ( Read - https://www.reuters.com/article/us-gt-advanced-tech-bankrupt...),
Imagination Tech (Apple's so called inhouse GPU is nothing but Imagination's IP after poaching a few of the key people they decided to drop ball
Read - https://www.anandtech.com/show/11243/apple-developing-custom...) have
Intel,which are inferior to the X16/20 modems at just 600Mbps vs Qcomm's 1.2Gpbps downlink.

Apple vs Qualcomm started long back, dating back to 2007 and WiMax threat to Qualcomm,
(Read this - https://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1332242)
but now Qcomm gets razed due to the Apple's global domination. Plus NXP antitrust scrutiny.
Unless they get that NXP, Apple will continue to blaze them & Broadcom too.

This is what Apple does to industry, I suspect wearing my Tin Foil hat, They pressed Broadcom of this deal on Qualcomm, now even Huawei is dropping royalities
for Qualcomm and SKTC asking to renegotiate Qcomm IP licensing it's a mess, because despite the Qcomm's nature of Patent wars they are the only OE who support
OSS which is most crucial aspect nowadays regarding a smartphone vs Planned obsolescence.

Ultimately Broadcom is dangerous. NXP deal should move else Qcomm will lose money due to Apple war and there are ton looming around..& remember vote with wallet.