Why are you going to so much effort to make Windows work?
I mean, is it really easier to adopt international law than use the command line once in awhile?
And your privacy is not protected from Microsoft when you interact with anyone outside Europe.
That depends, actually. Interacting with Americans on this platform does not expose any of my sensitive information. Then also, there are smaller orgs, and organizations that still do their best to get around regulations by hiding what they do or having convenient accidents.
It’s not, and isn’t going to be, perfect. But it’s a lot better than having to play the paranoid.