I’m not suggesting Microsoft does this intentionally to push consumers to buy new computers because that is obviously not the primary motivator for the mitigati

I’m not suggesting Microsoft does this intentionally to push consumers to buy new computers because that is obviously not the primary motivator for the mitigation patches, but I’m sure they don’t mind. Also your average user isn’t going to know or understand even if you gave them the option somewhere. It just doesn’t make sense. If you are knowledgeable enough to understand, then you can disable the mitigations. This seems like the best approach to me for everyone.