(spoilers spoilers spoilers) The androids make a choice whether to help some remote, future civilization they'll never know, or trying to go on with their own

(spoilers spoilers spoilers) The androids make a choice whether to help some remote, future civilization they'll never know, or trying to go on with their own life. Which is kind of the same thing you do when you delete your save: it's almost impossible to complete ending E without outside help, and deleting the save file afterwards is a selfless, sacrificial action. As for the effects of the second act of the game, I was just stating the fact that it's a heavy-handed artistic choice, like more or less everything in the game.