Does anyone know about the legality of removing the built-in sim cards from your car, specifically in Australia?

I don’t intend on using any car smart-features when I get one. For context, I’ve never owned a car. When I do get one though, I intend to remove the sim card to prevent the car’s location from being constantly tracked. All I care about in terms a cars functionality is a radio, a CD drive (Yes, I use CD’s), and Bluetooth audio, so I don’t think removing the sim card should affect this much, if at all. Any knowledge and advice would be appreciated, thankyou!

Update: What I was referring to is an eSim, which appears not to be in the form of a physical card. Even so, if possible, I would like to disable the functionality of this eSim assuming the car I purchase has one in-built. From my research, I cannot find anything that explicitly forbids disabling or removing Sims.

  • sunzu@kbin.run
    2·
    7 months ago

    Yes this is the real issue…

    Better just buy used if you are going this route then.

        • TrickDacy@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          7 months ago

          Cars are insanely expensive! Buying new is really a waste anyhow in my experience. I thought that the warranty could make it worth it, but it turns out that car companies are pretty slimy about warranty claims.