If you're referring to the firmware update that allowed the Recover "option" to work, it doesn't matter if you sign up for it or not; Ledger admitted they can pinch your private keys out of the secure element at any time, which they had previously said wasn't possible (and someone please correct me if I've got any of that wrong, but what I wrote is my understanding of what Ledger did and how it works).

OP, good for you for dumping Ledger.  I am curious as to what you did exactly with Electrum, because I don't understand based on what you wrote.  I've been wondering myself why hardware wallets are necessary, and the impression I get is that simply using Electrum leaves you vulnerable to getting hacked, which wouldn't be possible when using a HW wallet (or at least much harder if you're paying attention when doing transactions).  If you could elaborate, I'd appreciate it.  If not, I still like to hear "fuck Ledger" as many times as I can.  I'm rooting for them to swirl down the toilet and go bust, because they're just plain dishonest.