> Intel and AMD should consider how much goodwill they may gain by just removing IME and PSP. On a very practical scale; none. It'd make some nerds happy but i

> Intel and AMD should consider how much goodwill they may gain by just removing IME and PSP. On a very practical scale; none. It'd make some nerds happy but it's like a subset of a subset of a niche population. > The framework and librem laptops show that there is a market of people willing to pay for upgradable devices which are independent from makers and free from out-of-the-box backdoors. All it shows is that there is some market for it but I think you're either severely overestimating framework and librem's scale or are severely underestimating intel and AMD's. I'm extremely skeptical that either company cares about that niche nor do I think they'd rework all their processors just to satisfy that niche.