No particular reason it should be necessary, it’s just a step that is very easy to do for most of the legitimate use cases and maybe a little harder to do for s

No particular reason it should be necessary, it’s just a step that is very easy to do for most of the legitimate use cases and maybe a little harder to do for some of the nefarious use cases. Having that step adds some differential friction, a little behavioral nudge in the direction of ethical AirTag use.