Category scores
| 1 Data | 2 Money (incl. Monopoly) | 3 Design | 4 MH & Minority | 5 Env | 6 Workers | 7A Elections | 7B Lobbying | 7C Geopolitics | 8 Youth | 9 Tax | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.0 |
A mixed bag: genuine privacy tooling and family controls across Windows, Xbox, LinkedIn and Azure — but a poor recent security record, heavy-handed bundling, rising emissions from AI build-out, and an ongoing US tax fight. Many “good” fixes arrived only after regulators sharpened the knives.
Overall (rounded to 0.5)
2.5 / 5
Weighted average of categories.
Regulatory Heat
High
CSRB security rebuke; executive-email breach; EU Teams unbundling commitments.
What’s voluntary vs. forced?
A lot of the headline “improvements” followed law & enforcement: DMA changes in Windows, global Teams unbundling, and security overhauls post-incident. Not exactly a voluntary saint’s halo.
| 1 Data | 2 Money (incl. Monopoly) | 3 Design | 4 MH & Minority | 5 Env | 6 Workers | 7A Elections | 7B Lobbying | 7C Geopolitics | 8 Youth | 9 Tax | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.0 |