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> That’s one of the reasons you’re required to open them when you take off and land.

I fly pretty regularly in the US and am unaware of this rule, where have you encountered it? I've only ever heard crew request windows be closed to mitigate the greenhouse effect and keep the plane a bit cooler.

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I don't fly that often anymore but this rule has been universal in USA and abroad for decades. I don't doubt there are some cabin crews that DGAF, but they are exceptions.

All my flights in Europe the last few years have had that as a part of the initial safety message

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