The issue with the old lowjack is that whilst it was better for privacy it was far worse for actual recovery. Cars that were outfitted with low jack would have

The issue with the old lowjack is that whilst it was better for privacy it was far worse for actual recovery. Cars that were outfitted with low jack would have the devices removed or disabled before the tracking could be enabled and as they didn’t report their position the police would have nothing to go by. Whilst I agree that the information sharing is pretty despicable since you are already paying for that service the new model is more useful at least in a situation where the police actually has resources for recovery instead of doing the bare minimum because most vehicles are insured. There probably is a market for a solution that would be more reliable than an airtag but one that you can control. One can probably build one fairly easily with a low power SBC with cellular capability and one of those IOT global sim plans.