the only way to block it is to get AI to differentiate instructions from data, which is impossible today

Input sanitation, basically security 101. And it can’t currently do it…

Call me old fashioned. But when I press the brew button on my coffee machine, it works every time. No internet, apps, or ‘smarts’ required. Just consistent quality.

Microsoft could be massively less dickish and drop the requirement for TPM 2.0. It doesn’t do anything notable and that one decision would change OP’s experience from ‘stop pestering me to switch if you won’t even let me switch’ to ‘I guess I’ll press the button’.