The problem cited is less about the architecture and more about the implementation. There would be far less consternation if Intel had chosen to make these com

The problem cited is less about the architecture and more about the implementation. There would be far less consternation if Intel had chosen to make these components completely transparent and user-replaceable. A truly open source collaborative effort would likely have mitigated most of the concern. On the other hand, Intel might have selected this implementation process specifically to accelerate delivery of enterprise and OEM requested features at a time when Intel was dominant and firmware-level security was less of an issue. Given the competitive state of the modern volume processor market (mobile and cloud), it's a safe assumption that Intel will be open to changing their ways. And if not, AMD or some other company certainly will.