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You know... I know how to take care of my stuff, without making Apple or anyone else rich. ;-)
Doesn't help with check-in luggage
Well, don't put anything in your luggage that you can't afford to loose. People strangely enough still traveled before any kind of tags (besides those in paper and plastic, put on the luggage). :-)
That's very unhelpful. Sometimes traveling is not optional and you can't take everything in the cabin.
People also used to travel on wooden boats with a fair chance to never reach the destination alive. How does that help anyone?
Right, what about in the case of something like luggage that was checked onto a flight and lost. Wondering about this scenario, which has happened twice.
If don't trust the airline, don't put something in your luggage you can't afford to loose. Take responsibility for the things you have, and if you need it, get an insurance for your luggage.