Intel’s Management Engine (ME) aims to ease the administration of computers especially in corporate environments but is forced upon private end users in a way that the implementation in the hardware cannot be disabled or removed and in it’s closed source form displays a violation of the end user’s security and freedom of choice.
source: https://www.fsf.org/blogs/sysadmin/the-management-engine-an-attack-on-computer-users-freedom
archived source: https://wellthissucks.xyz/2018/01/10/intel-forces-non-free-hardware-implementation-on-consumers-via-their-management-engine-archived-source/