But that's like saying if you don't pay your mortgage the bank isn't allowed to repossess your house. You think banks are going to keep providing mortgages?
The ability to remotely disable equipment is essential in order to allow for cheaper financing plans, to make sure customers don't steal stuff they haven't finished paying for, or that they've only been leasing.
Sure, you could pass a law prohibiting that. But then customers have to pay a whole lot more in financing/leasing because there's much more incentive to stop payment but keep the equipment, and repossessing the equipment gets messy. (You can move/hide a tractor or a router much more easily than you can move a house.)
Several times in my 20 year career I’ve seen startups get financing for equipment then turn around and not pay the bill. Makes perfect sense to add this kind of DRM for financing but we all know nation states will abuse it.
The ability to remotely disable equipment is essential in order to allow for cheaper financing plans, to make sure customers don't steal stuff they haven't finished paying for, or that they've only been leasing.
Sure, you could pass a law prohibiting that. But then customers have to pay a whole lot more in financing/leasing because there's much more incentive to stop payment but keep the equipment, and repossessing the equipment gets messy. (You can move/hide a tractor or a router much more easily than you can move a house.)