Agree with you on IP and I agree it seems to be sadly a minority opinion.

Do it motherfuckers, I dare ya!

my apologies, I was actually thinking of “unlocking the bootloader”, rooting a device without an unlocked bootloader didn’t even occur to me. And since unlocking a bootloader is non-trivial by design, that would prevent any such accidents.

Rooting a device shouldn’t be any more complicated than having a sticker saying “warranty void if removed”.

Why not force them to unlock root from the start?

Source?