I'd love to say I believe them in their backing down statement - but being cynical I really don't

It was a failed attempt. I get that. You can drop it now.

I could see some exception for windows 11 IoT being made, but I honestly don’t know.

Soon this all will be much easier. From 12 of September we’re going into a new world of EU Data Act that forces all companies to allow third parties to communicate with iot devices. Which a car is. So soon Mazda will need to provide those APIs in an official way.

Of course they don't click anything. Google search has just become a front-end for Gemini, the answer is "served" up right at the top and most people will just take that for Gospel.