In this case it will be a repeat of Nvidia's bumpgate where 8000 and 9000 series GPUs where eventually going to fail because of bad soldering of the GPU. Nvidia's fix back then was a new fan profile, pushing fan to remain spinning at higher speeds, to at least secure that GPUs will start failing after the warranty period.
As with Intel today, Nvidia also didn't had to face hostile press and consumers, so nothing really happened to them. No recalls, or huge fines/refunds to pay. The same will happen with Intel now. While press and consumers are criticizing Intel, it's more like scolding a child that did a mistake.
All will be forgiven/forgotten in 6-12 months from now.