DRM in a vehicle is not good for the owner on so many levels.

The whole concept of owning a car outright and being allowed and able to maintain it if you choose has already been effectively ended by complexity, lack of shop manuals and legal 'don't remove the plastic engine cover or you'll void the warranty' restrictions was the first wave.

Now we have cars transmitting gigabytes of information back and forth to the vendor and who knows who.

IMO we should have consumer legislation protecting owners from this razor and blades model the vendors are trying to force through: you buy the car then we sell you endless 'features' and upgrades which will ultimately render the car inoperable unless you.

Cars used to be cheap and repairable. Now they are expensive, have a short lifecycle and are becoming infested with endless digital do dads $£ upgrade.

That's a "feature" - high beam assist sucks. IMO the root cause of all these stupid safety/assist features is people not paying attention:

Lane keep: because you're on your phone

Collision detection/auto brake: because you're on your phone

High Beam Assist: because you're on your phone

Adaptive Cruise Control: so you can be on your phone

Auto Headlights: because turning on your headlights means putting down your phone/coffee cup.

I've only ever been annoyed by Collision Detection/High Beam Assist/Lane Keep/Auto headlights. They do the wrong thing at the wrong time.