I didn't know that, I was just parroting the linked article, which stated that:

"Unfortunately Intel doesn’t care about the enthusiast, and unsurprisingly they have moved on. ARM chips are now the focus for that crowd, and they are taking the mainstream geeks with them. "

http://semiaccurate.com/2012/11/26/intel-kills-off-the-deskt...

and it linked to:

http://pocketnow.com/android/droid-overclocking-reaches-30gh...

Taking that article at face value, I speculated that it would indeed drive people off.