What's roughly the period when this kind of shenanigans started being common among major automakers? I'm not a car guy and thinking about a used car soon[1], Not sure how far back I should go in terms of year. I am in Australia BTW.
[1] would be family's 2nd car. We have another recent car with all the online crap, I hate it
Get a blindfold and throw a dart. You're talking about a +/-15yr range depending on the OEM and the product line in question.
Some random Suzuki on a platform that they're dearth to refresh and that primarily garners 3rd world sales is gonna grow "fuck you pay me" features a lot later than a 4Runner, or whatever else 200k+ households buy when they pop out a kid these days.
You need to do your research on a per model basis, generalizations won't help unless you're familiar enough with how that OEM does things to take an educated guess in which case you probably don't need the generalization in the first place.
[1] would be family's 2nd car. We have another recent car with all the online crap, I hate it