Given that AMD and Intel are both driven by large for profit customers and their requirements, these concerns will probably only get worse.<p>ARM is probably the closest open chip platform out there, but even that is not Free in the FSF sense or $ sense. It seems that the project is going to forgo user-base for principles, and then most likely no longer be relevant.<p>It&#x27;s great to try and fight for and defend your principles, but if that means that you no longer have a user base on which to stand, then the fight will be of little value. I&#x27;d love to be wrong about this, but I can&#x27;t logically see another way that this will play out.