It bothers me that the ME exists. A completely separate computer that can be remotely controlled and I can't turn it off. I'll be glad when there's more CPU competitors that don't have one of those, even if they are slower.
My gut tells me that no cpu manufacturer can ever be trusted if intel cannot be trusted. What is hopeful to me are RISCV softcores running on FPGA. Will never beat CPU records but will likely be the best option available for private computing.
