This kind of makes sense, except that we are talking about hardware devices here. The hardware is manufactured by a private party that has no obligation to fol

This kind of makes sense, except that we are talking about hardware devices here. The hardware is manufactured by a private party that has no obligation to follow anyone else's rules. That party may voluntarily decide to participate in some standards body and get their device certified in which case maybe they are violating some voluntary private certification, but I don't think that is the case here. As a consumer, unless the manufacturer specifically guaranteed compliance with some standard, then the product is not defective. You get what you specified. If you failed to specify (or verify the specification) that is your fault as a consumer. Your imaginary standards and rules are not legally binding in the real world, which is my manufacturers ignore them, and why it is silly to call this "theft" or even "hijacking." How can a manufacturer hijack their own device? It is their device. You the consumer chose to buy it. Unless they guaranteed you something in writing that is missing, caveat emptor.