That hasn't been my experience as a consumer. I've had 4 Ryzen systems over the last 4 years (owned nearly every generation), and also my Intel systems. My experience has been less "crushing Intel" and more "crushing me" and my time. From what I've experienced, the price increases in Intel platforms are just from added quality assurance in their engineering. Obviously I wanted my Zen, Zen+, and Zen3 systems to work well but they all had something ranging from weird idiosyncrasy to major flaw. I just sold off my last Zen3, as I greatly prefer my 11th gen board and chip. That's just my experience and my perspective at this point. Other people seem to love them so there's a market for everything.