While I appreciate the security implications for Apple of reversing Activation Lock when they can't verify that you are the current, legitimate owner of the har

While I appreciate the security implications for Apple of reversing Activation Lock when they can't verify that you are the current, legitimate owner of the hardware (given Find My hasn't been set up), there is something intensely frustrating about the idea of a perfectly functional piece of hardware becoming unusable because of a software lock. Perhaps Apple should consider making Find My mandatory? I can't imagine this is the only case where this has happened.