Eight new Spectre variants affecting Intel chips discovered, four are "high risk"

[DelJo63]

IMO, consumers don't give a hoot. The overwhelmingly vast majority of CPU sales are to OEM PC makers. Consumers are only presented with a choice of how much and how shiny and are easily led to purchases based mainly on inexperienced sales staff incentivised by the best outcome for themselves.

repeat: Without another choice, the vendor has ZERO necessity to do anything whatsoever :sigh: