Why bother when these blocks are so easily circumvented with VPN?

There arent enough 🍐

You’d probably still need at least some sort of discovery server for devices to find each other.

Completely agree. I use the fob.

I think it’s fair if Mazda has to operate a server to enable it, but I think Mazda should have to pay car owners to allow them to connect the car to a mobile network, especially for operating their spyware/telemetry.