My thought exactly. If consent isn’t needed, what other actions do they deem justified without consent?

This is not a IP-issue, this is about human rights.

I agree. Trump just said that everyone that uses the services of American companies needs to agree with Trump or face the real risk of losing all their data.

In the face of that, even a pricier European option will look appetizing.

Not gonna lie, in the first half I thought you meant republicans.

Well, there is some data/rumours out there, stemming from a Dutch Tesla forum, that suggests that some fast charging might be beneficial for battery longevity. This seems to corroborate that. I can’t remember the case for always fast charging, though.

As you have described the situation my question is if it would be similar to copyright Donald duck, despite not having drawn all possible poses and situations?