From Cory Doctorow. An excerpt from a book relevant to this. Appliances check you have an appropriate subscription to toast the bread you want or use the soap you want. And will not perform without the appropriate subscription.

https://arstechnica.com/gaming...

Apparently many of the early ones.

http://www.actsweb.org/article...

Yeah, they should build in a flight simulator! Pilots could exercise their emergency skills. Just hope they don't get confused.

I once noticed a shiny new car parked accross two spots in a packed parking lot. It was clear they had done this to protect their car. I got a piece of paper, wrote "Sorry about the scratch", and left it on their windshield. To this day, I chuckle everytime I picture them inspecting every inch of the car for the non-existent scratch.