Spectre/Meltdown is the perfect example of a vendor, Intel and AMD, deflecting blame onto the OS and software producers, successfully avoiding a recall, avoiding refunds for decreased performance and avoiding most of the blame.

What actually should have happened there is a full recall of all affected hardware. Microcode fixes and payments for lost performance in the mean time, until the new hardware arrives.

Meltdown was a desaster, but not only because the bugs themselves were bad. But also especially because we let Intel and AMD get away scott free.