AMD materially changed the rules with its lawsuit...inel coercion is not the likely cause this time.
Your comment reminds me of this joke:
A guy is stopped on the street by a dirty dishevelled man
wearing a trenchcoat. The streetguy whips out an aerosol
can, sprays a brief puff and says "hey buddy you want to
buy some tiger repellent?" The first guy says "are you
crazy? there isn't a tiger within 10,000 miles of here".
The streetguy says "see how well it works!!!"
Yep, AMD's lawsuit is sure working, keeping Intel secret
agentmen [TM] from carrying out their nefarious deeds.