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Actually, AArch64 appears to be preferred by many.

Apple has discarded all 32-bit legacy, implementing only 64-bit in their equipment to great success.

Fujitsu did the same with their supercomputer that was the best-performing in the world for a time.

Had Intel bought ARM, then espoused their architecture in the age of the Athlon, perhaps things would have been very different.

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Funny enough when Intel and DEC settled their lawsuit Intel got StrongARM[1] from DEC which was pretty fast for its time. It was a pretty cool, literally, chip that didn't need a heatsink. I had a Shark set-top appliance prototype. The offical name was DNARD — Digital Network Appliance Reference Design.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StrongARM [2] https://collection.maynardhistory.org/items/show/8946

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