Watching some of the developer forums for the direction of Arm and the support they are offering for universal and Rosetta 2, I don’t see the issue.
As with all updates to computers, OS's and software updates, there’s is a “beta” timeframe. They have opened the door for all developers to watch, learn and correct their software to run more efficient even on current machines and of course run on AppSilicone.
I guess in a way it takes away from creating new products, by needing to stay updated.
There seems to be a vibe that their new CPU's will be powerful.
As they showed on their graph. More performance, less power.
So not necessarily a high #'ed CPU that get super hot.
More a e.g A CPU can utilize the max capability of video.
Say that for every aspect a CPU operates.
My current iMac doesn’t appear to run its max abilities at all, yet gets sluggish and fans run constantly.

that comment didnt age well

Your attitude didn’t age well either. Grave digging an ancient post just to have a jab?
Well, that was what the info at the time was saying from sources like Apple Insider etc who usually are right. I’m actually very glad this was not the case.
I use the M1 on a daily basis now, Apple has done an awesome job with these processors.

dont flatter yourself too much, the google algo was to blame