[bserge]

> I could have just bought the device with a remote at Auto Zone for 1/4 of the price

But you didn't? I hope your realize at least half of the responsibility is on you as a consumer. You pay for and enable these idiotic ideas.

[winternett]

Incorrect, all of their cars come without the option. Buying an alternate car just because of one corrupt feature is not reasonable nor effective as a protest, many new cars now leverage this tactic and there is no real choice because they get away with it based on leverage.

The responsibility is on regulators, not me as a consumer.

[brokenmachine]

When the regulators have failed, the only option is to vote with your wallet.

I'm sticking to older cars without this nonsense.