Re: Maybe I am short sighted...
Alicloud is doing a limited test for users of their ARM platform right now. They are exploring multiple architectures. And, as others mentioned.. China is in the process of enforcing rules that move them towards requiring tech developed in China. I don't see a problem with them exploring new architectures.
If you want to talk landfill economy, I just saw an article here about Fedora dropping support for non EUFI systems.