26% of the people know that with tech there are always unforeseen flaws/ security/ and general issues that are yet to be discovered... TLB erratum, rowhammer vulnerabilities, FPU inaccuracies, various other design flaws such as IMT... etc. Every operation, every design element in a CPU is a potential opportunity for a defect. Different teams across the globe working on different features of the CPU that when they all come together is more opportunity for defects.
There are flaws that we are currently just fine living with that they haven't even touched.
If the flaw can be fixed then it's not a problem, if it is a deal breaker or the fix really does hammer out 30 % performance loss then there should be some repercussion or recompense to those heavily affected, however if, as evidenced by current benchmarks, the performance hit is trivial in most situations, then it's just another day...
What gives you the right to claim to speak for other people? No, your opinion expressed here is your's and your's alone. Don't came in here on some high horse.
Two factors make this different than the other "potential flaws" your go on about. 1. Intel initiated in insider trading when it knew about these flaws 2. The flaws are the biggest we have ever seen period.
You don't just get to dismiss this security disaster because "oh flaws will always exist". That is exactly the kind of kiss ass behavior I was talking about, where people like you just brush off the biggest security flaw to date. Yes flaws will exist. That does not mean we give these companies a free pass.
"if it is a deal breaker or the fix really does hammer out 30 % performance loss then there should be some repercussion or recompense to those heavily affected, however if, as evidenced by current benchmarks, the performance hit is trivial in most situations, then it's just another day..."
What are you talking about, the performance impact for storage performance of high speed drives has been shown to be up to 55% fricking percent. Not only is anyone in the enterprise screwed, anyone who relies on their high speed drives are screwed as well. Did you not see the fortnite devs show the 30% increase in server CPU load after the patch? Everyone with an Intel processor is affected by at least a 3% performance dip in all applications all the way up to a 55% dip. Even if the impact isn't huge directly on your computer, you will most certainly see the affect on your online services you use.
Like I said, apologists excusing the worst security flaw ever.