What about the used car market?

“Please purchase a public road pass for multiplayer access”

Didn’t HMD make a couple of those too?

Yes, the HMD Skyline has an easily removable backplate and battery.

I’m a bit surprised that they didn’t crack down harder after that incident

That incident was 15 years ago It’s entirely possible that they did tighten things up, but relaxed those changes after several years. Probably not relaxed now, though…