There definitely are societal benefits from this, but it opens a whole new can of worms as you all already pointed out so eloquently. But regardless of anyone's stance on this issue, people will find a way to circumvent kill switches. I expect that it'll be similar to ECU speed limiters, albeit maybe more complicated depending on how automakers tie it in to the car. Criminals will pay a few hundred bucks to a tuner to deactivate the nannies, then rob a store and start a high speed freeway pursuit or something and we can all watch daily on live TV just how useful the kill switch was at the cost of our privacy.
Despite the example above, I'm still undecided on this as of now since I need more time to research and not just knee-jerk react to headlines. However, a part of me is also just being realistic as to how this all may play out.
If anyone hates it that much, you can always just stick to pre-2026 cars? F87 for life, right?
