Maybe but by that argument 99% of the affected Pentium users could have happily used their computers until they became obsolete. The bug went completely unnoticed for over a year with millions of units in use.

The media coverage and the fact that "computer can't divide" is something that the public could wrap their heads around is what made the recall unavoidable.

Intel's own marketing hype around the Pentium has played into it too. It would have been a smaller deal during the 486 era.