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Probable course of action is MSFT implementing a hotfix in the next 3-6 months, that will be nowhere near to address the topic.
Another 2 years of EDPS investigation.
Then MSFT will release another patch 3-6 months after that actually solves the issue.
But in the meantime, they would have implemented another mechanism to spy on users.
Rince and repeat.
I don't think, you can hotfix this. Microsoft is a US company and therefore by US law (PATRIOT & CLOUD act) required to violate EU data protection laws (unless they retract from the EU market, of course).
I mean, that it took the EU this long to react to something that's clearly been amiss since the GDPR went into force, that certainly doesn't have my hopes high, but I don't think Microsoft needs to be involved to filibuster the enforcememt of this.