You know that companies deploy these processors as well, right? I just finished a deployment of 10k Intel i5 machines.

And yet, customers still aren't datacenters, but still they carry the risks.

I'm not talking about datacenters, I'm talking about workstations.

In my reply, I used datacenters as a term to describe mass deployed computers (for which a ME actually makes sense). I’m sorry, I should’ve clarified.

> Consumers aren't datacenters

Consumers have also shown zero intention of paying more for secure devices. Until we have a public ME hack with real consequences, I do not expect that to change.

The funny thing is that making the processor more secure would require less work by not implementing a ME.

Demonstrably untrue. Consumers pay a premium for access to the Apple SEP and App Store review/analysis process (Jekyll and XCodeGhost notwithstanding, it's been a major security success)