At this point they start to demand it, whether that's setting up the product or registration needed for warranty protection. But you obviously can still cut the

At this point they start to demand it, whether that's setting up the product or registration needed for warranty protection. But you obviously can still cut them off on router. Soon though they won't ask, LTE-M / NB-IoT, both chips and plans are becoming very cheap and unless you are living in a faraday cage it will take control away from the user completely.