Which is why your parent says this behaviour should be fined. Laws override "consent" between contracting parties.

He said it's "unauthorized access of his computer", even though he implicitly authorized it by clicking through the agreement (apparently without reading it).

If people actually read these clickthrough agreements and started sending devices back when they don't agree, it would encourage the industry to change.

No one "needs" an iPhone, they can support one of the open source phones with far less onerous terms.