Since this is an anti-theft system, not a safety system, I can totally see that VW made a rational decision "it's better for the anti-theft system to let a thie

Since this is an anti-theft system, not a safety system, I can totally see that VW made a rational decision "it's better for the anti-theft system to let a thief steal the car 50 times than for one person to legitimately get locked out of their car." You can make up for car thefts with dollars.