I wonder if allowing other people to contribute to open sourced firmware could lead to different features that could help kernels like Linux. At the minute the

I wonder if allowing other people to contribute to open sourced firmware could lead to different features that could help kernels like Linux. At the minute the only features we can have in the firmware of Intel and AMD chips are what features they give us. However maybe the open source community could get more ideas floating around than just Intel and AMD. Maybe some better than Secure Boot and better/safer remote control features that work directly with the kernels? However your point is good about the R&D, and I bet Intel/AMD spend a LOT of money/resource on those backdoors. But the open source world has done a lot in the past. Linux is a massive open source project and arguably very successful an innovative.