No, what are you talking about?

This was posted on Mastodon today: https://epicenter.works/en/content/finally-a-no-to-overreaching-id-systems

Looks like they didn’t expect it to pass a vote, just like with chat control, and postponed it indefinitely.

They will surely bring it back for discussion in a few months/years though, just like with chat control.

EU fines take way longer then that, give it a couple years of data collection and if we’re lucky they get fined

Works great until some hikers take a photo with you in the background, that gets backed up to iCloud, then they want to show the photo to a friend, download it to their computer, open it and BOOM, Microsoft AI knows your face

I recently bought a Pixel 8 for 500€, they got cheaper since the Pixel 9 was just released. If you want to save some money you could probably just buy a Pixel 7a which will get updates until May 2028 (vs October 2030 for the Pixel 8). Supposedly the 7 has better battery life than the 8, but in the end it comes down to how long you want to use it.