>>26AMD is not an alternative anymore
http://www.pcworld.com/article/3060666/hardware/how-amd-is-ressurecting-itself-as-a-formidable-rival-to-intel.htmlIntel’s x86 processor market share was 87.7 percent the fourth quarter of 2015, growing from 86.3 percent a year earlier. AMD held just a 12.1 percent share, falling from 13.6 percent, according to Mercury Research.
Besides, even if AMD or anyone else were to become a competitor, they would probably install some analogue of IME just to keep the pace. Freedom doesn't sell, most people do not even care who's spying them.