I'm not talking about Qualcomm, really. I'm talking about companies like Apple, who really only have a cursory attachment to ARM as an ISA. Then there's the hundreds of smaller manufacturers who have zero attachment to ARM and would much rather build hardware on their own terms. Those are ARM's moneymakers, and those are the companies that frankly have the most to gain from using RISC-V.
If Qualcomm is a relevant topic regarding ARM's success, then they've arguably already failed.
If Qualcomm is a relevant topic regarding ARM's success, then they've arguably already failed.