Aha, thanks for the perspective. I was about to lament my lack of motivation to fart around Arduino'ing & CHIPping stuff but this actually puts a bit more wind in my sails!
Edit: Pun not intended but retroactively affirmed between "fart" and "wind."
think of those things as hobby computers and Intel/amd/arm as the huge inaccessible ivory tower mainframes. you know how you have zero access to any device on your laptop or phone? those things will eventually solve that. but they are hobbyist grade for now.