Every time I listen to Louis Rossmann, I realize we live in a world where not only do people not own most of the stuff that they use, they're HAPPY that they don't own most of the stuff that they use. Louis' latest video is about someone who got their car stolen in their driveway, with their kid still in the car, and when the cops called Volkswagen to see if they could locate the car, they said no because the person who got their car stolen had been a few days late on that subscription for the month, which while I get if the person herself had been late on the payments had asked that would be understandable, but it's the fucking cops trying to get the woman's car back with her kid in it.
Louis linked the article in the description of the video and apparently the thieves dropped the kid off somewhere and then just took the car, but regardless, I don't think if the police call a car manufacturer, they should make the person who owns the car pay up first, there should be an emergency exception, but they're probably trained (poorly, considering most customer service reps that aren't in banks/credit card institutions are shit), to strictly follow their script no matter what, which is pretty bad itself, but goodness is the world messed up.
Well, sounds like YOU aren't happy with it and, hopefully, you aren't buying a Volswagen anytime soon.
This woman got what she paid for (and kinda what she deserved, leaving her kid in the car like that). We now have the ability to do things like track cars but, of we don't take ownership, we have to rely on others. We also don't put effort into building high trust societies (I live in a city and would never leave my kids in the car, by contrast) so we get what we pay for there as well.
There's no reason to lose hope, just adjust your expectations. If you want to be able to leave kids in your driveway, you need to gatekeep your communities, literally. Otherwise, assume someone is always trying to steal your car, because you don't know who's around. If you want to be able to track your car remotely, you need to buy your own equipment (and it will be both more expensive and more work than a service), otherwise don't bother with these "features".
Incidentally, property rights will fall by the wayside any year now. Don't expect to have nice things unless you're willing to protect them with whatever force is necessary because police either can't or won't help you. Otherwise, just buy things that you're prepared to lose.
This isn't the end of the world, despite what it looks like. It's the downswing of the cycle that the deadwood of society won't survive. Once the ground is clear again, then we can begin to rebuild.