I've used a 2023 Suzuki S-Cross (manual fwiw) and this doesn't match my experience. Which model are you using?
They have an app [0] (which doesn't sync correctly for me, and their support is awful). When working it shows things like where you last parked, fuel efficiency, and allows you to remotely lock the vehicle, so it has internet access.
I sent Suzuki a Subject Access Request as a workaround to gain access to the data, and received months of extremely accurate location, speed, etc data.
There are also software updates, you just have to do them yourself [1]. They also didn't work for me.
Software aside however, they are extremely reliable cars, most of which seems down to their simplicity.
They have an app [0] (which doesn't sync correctly for me, and their support is awful). When working it shows things like where you last parked, fuel efficiency, and allows you to remotely lock the vehicle, so it has internet access.
I sent Suzuki a Subject Access Request as a workaround to gain access to the data, and received months of extremely accurate location, speed, etc data.
There are also software updates, you just have to do them yourself [1]. They also didn't work for me.
Software aside however, they are extremely reliable cars, most of which seems down to their simplicity.
[0]: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=suzuki.app.a02...
[1]: https://www.infotainment-system.com/en/device/summary