

It has to be tailored to the specific hardware so I don’t think it’s a major concern for most users. It doesn’t seem like something that can be fully mitigated either, so it’s probably not worth worrying about. Side channel attacks are really cool but also kind of useless in most practical scenarios.
“Luddite” as a diminutive persisting to the modern day is a testimate to the power of corporate propaganda, even 200 years ago.