This is not an ev problem. Somehow vehicle connectivity came somewhat at the same time as electrification, and so, people see causation where it's just correlat

This is not an ev problem. Somehow vehicle connectivity came somewhat at the same time as electrification, and so, people see causation where it's just correlation; but by any means its not a downside of EVs, it's a problem of connectivity and corporate greed. EVs existed before connectivity and none of the issues cited in the article were in those early versions. Similarly, connected non electric cars have the same problem. See BMW which built cars with heated seats but required you to give them extra money to activate them, all the examples with John Deer, connected range rovers that you could remote open, etc. I'm not shocked by the fact that companies like Toyota and co. will try to leverage random small features like remote open or remote diagnostics that require connection to start charging you monthly. Subscription economy is the shitty way the world is moving to, and any industry that didn't pivot there yet is getting very jealous.