Would you also say that we have absolutely no way to confirm that Facebook managers know how addictive their apps are for children? I’m pretty sure that just a few years ago cynical people would say that. But only a couple of days ago this was proved in the court and Facebook lost the case.

So yeah, I believe that taking the company’s word for it is generally a winning strategy, and that blatant violations are relatively rare. Here, MS has a lot to lose and not much to win.