I think your analogy misses the key point, that is in your analogy the company that sent out the defective physical product is now "fined" by the US government

I think your analogy misses the key point, that is in your analogy the company that sent out the defective physical product is now "fined" by the US government and forced to send out repair kits to those that request them; when a user requests this repair kit the company charges the fund created by the "fine" $813 to send out the repair kit even though the repair kit cost is pennies. It's racketeering.