I mean yeah, that's bad, but enemy of my enemy? Asking the EU for something doesn't imply that you endorse everything they do. Also, they've already reached out to the EU, IIRC. (Not sure if that went anywhere.)

As for whether or not the EU can or will help them, I have no idea.

That is a good point. I wish dual booting with different security settings was possible on Android as well. The incentives for Google to implement that aren't really there though.

> You're either fully locked in, or fully on your own.

I'm not sure what you mean by that. You can trivially root a Pixel factory image. And if you're talking about how they will punish you for that by removing certain features: Apple does that too (but to a lesser extent).

https://github.com/cormiertyshawn895/RecordingIndicatorUtili...

Unfortunately Apple is in $HN_GOOD_COMPANIES and Microsoft is in $HN_BAD_COMPANIES so facts don't matter, but yes Windows Recall is objectively more private than Apple Intelligence.