True. but who can blame them?
I see this as a good thing ultimately. American companies abused the public trust siding with unconstitutional domestic spying. Let them feel the pain of lost sales. Personal I hope it bankrupts anyone involved.
But one would have to be crazy to think this is a new phenomenon. This goes back to at least the internet’s early days if not the BBS days.
I doubt their processors will be better than Intel or AMD but this move doesn’t mean they can’t reverse engineer future western processors.