But it's the end of korean electronics and appliances, and this extends to cars too, Kia and Hyundai designs are near the bottom in terms of repairability.

But since you did that remotely, you probably do that from a "smart" phone. That one is worst than this LG device.

Have you read terms of service of Android devices? Windows? Apple?

Microsoft like Gamers Nexus show on the video, writes down that this practices are malware and illegal and does exact the same thing.

Gamers Nexus amazing review of that LG https://youtu.be/Q9uefFYe6bM

I had one of their washing machines. Purchased about 18 months ago. The dispenser drawer broke. I'm pretty sure it was bad out of the factory but it did last for this long, so I was happy to shell out for a new one.

Turns out they don't exist. LG have a website where you can search for the part. It's not in stock. They told me to fill out a form on a website they own, giving the part number. A third-party spare parts shop emailed me back saying they don't have the part in stock and that I should contact the manufacturer.

I found one that may or may not be the correct one and there's no way to know for sure before purchasing it. It costs almost £100 and takes 3 weeks to ship.

After days of this ordeal and laundry piling up, I decided to cut my losses and buy a Bosch. That one seems pretty great so far.

For now at least, we can still find the last few “dumb” models that simply function at appliances without all the bloatware, but that’s little solace. In another ten years, I suspect we may be left with little option but to refurbish old (proprietary!) appliances as best we can.

Maybe this is wishful thinking, but there ought to be a market opening for simple, durable, easily repairable appliances? Where is the competition?

If such terms of use were to become subject of a legal case, then in EU "reasonable user expectation" weighs heavily, and courts tend to err on protect-consumer side.

For example vendor analyzing usage patterns to optimize users' experience with the appliance, would probably be okay.

But eg. do 24/7 voice recording & share with vendor's partners to let them send targeted advertising, would absolutely not match user expectations (given intended use of these appliance features), and therefore be illegal.

3-5 & 9 Seem sort-of-expected for internet connected, AI 'enhanced' appliances.

TLDR; it's just LG attempting to cover their legal ?ss. Wouldn't help them much in court.

A countermeasure to this is to maintain a radio quiet household, but it's only doable if you're out in the middle of nowhere and requires some substantial confessions as MANY devices have 2.4ghz radios in them.

Cool. Meaning you either inform every guest before they enter your home or they can sue you. Great LG! This is a good way to ensure to land on my personal forever-blacklist. I won't even come back to check whether you changed.