The incumbent is not just x86 but now ARM as well. You have to think in network effects. You mention “the rest of the industry” yet ignore that it’s mostly arm

The incumbent is not just x86 but now ARM as well. You have to think in network effects. You mention “the rest of the industry” yet ignore that it’s mostly arm , which would make arm the incumbent. x86 is the king for windows. But ARM has massive inroads with mobile, and now desktop with macOS, and servers with Amazon/Nvidia etc There’s a lot better incentive to support ARM than RISC-V for software developers. It isn’t one or the other , but it is a question of resources. Intel and AMD seem fine turning x86 around when threatened as can be seen by Lunar Lake and Stryx Point. Both have been good enough to steal QC’s thunder. You don’t think ARM manufacturers will do the same to RISC-V? TBH most of your arguments for RISC-V adoption seem to start from the position that it’s inevitable AND that competing platforms won’t also improve.