That sounds a lot less "RISC-V is slow" and more like "the most money I'm willing to spend on a RISC-V machine is low, but the more powerful ones may or not be

That sounds a lot less "RISC-V is slow" and more like "the most money I'm willing to spend on a RISC-V machine is low, but the more powerful ones may or not be as slow". I guess that doesn't make a particularly compelling headline.