Saarth

I would assume Bosch knows how blatant paywalling features looks and will backfire just like it did for BMW.

I am guessing Bosch wants to create a Bosch ecosystem where you can control all your home appliances with a single app. This is what PC OEMs did with RGB software. It's not really for surveillance although they do use it to push ads/premium features. The main intent is to lock you into their ecosystem and then you only buy products from them. Samsung & Apple do this are well known for this, and that's what they're emulating.

I was hoping we are about to enter Chinese imperialism once Trump runs the western hegemony to the ground.

The unravelling of US imperialism is an amazing outcome of the Trump presidency.