I think the issue is that people walking by knock them over, moreso than the kickstands not working. If you live in Berkeley (and many other cities), there's a

I think the issue is that people walking by knock them over, moreso than the kickstands not working. If you live in Berkeley (and many other cities), there's an added backdrop of anger at "big tech" that many non-tech workers have, so many people will kick or knock them over (I've seen this). I've also heard of people taking these (and bikeshare bikes) and throwing them in the ocean/lake/etc.