Tesla is the worst, but it’s also a good idea to avoid Hyundai and Kia.
Ah let me just take a big sip of coffee as I sit behind the wheel of the 2024 Kia Sorrento I just bought last month and open up the Comments Section-
You might be able to just pull out the SIM card from your glove box. It needs a cellular connection to share data, but without a SIM card it can’t get data.
Not sure if it has any ill effects (ie: disabling emergency response stuff) but might be worth it depending on how privacy conscious you are.
Do they still use physical SIM cards?
I would expect them to use eSIM instead, no need to psy a worker or design a machine to shove a SIM card in every head unit, and pay for the production of the cards when you can just transfer an eSIM during programming.