It baffles me how people think everyone in the world is in the same situation they are. Not everyone in the world has kids, dogs, monkeys, irresponsible teenagers, careless adults that wonder around the house forgetting where they leave stuff, and so on. Perhaps if you are in this situation, you can cater it to your own situation and attach your own tracking device, cable, alarm or whatever so the rest of the world doesn't need to cater just for you.
I lost my Pencil. I do not consider myself less than human, or an idiot. I don't have kids, dogs, monkeys, irresponsible teenagers (see kids), or careless adults that wander around the house forgetting where they put things. OMG!!! That last dig is ME! Wow. Life is so hard, and stressful. I stuck it *somewhere* and can't find it. No big deal. But our DVD remote did likely end up succumbing to a gravity storm, and ending up in the trash bin. I mean 'gravity works' sort of explains most of life, right.
I bought a bunch of the original first generation remotes because my MIL lost a few. She had dementia. You 'lose' things, because you 'forget' things. She washed, and dried, an iPhone. It actually largely survived, surprisingly. But she couldn't help herself. Hopefully you live to that point in age, and can remember where you placed everything in your life.
I feel horrible that I lost my Pencil, and refuse to get a replacement, no matter how likely it is that I find the lost one just by buying its replacement.
People lose things. They lose remotes, pencils, pens, computers, parents, children, aunts, uncles, books, computers, husbands, wives, their minds. Be nice to them, because if you live long enough, you could be where they are now.
Are we good?
Having a way to locate misplaced things isn't a mark of weakness, it's a respect for your customers that more corporations need to do. Apple does need to have a 'Find Me' for the Pencil. They do for so many other things.
