But you're right at a higher level: 99% of buildings have glass windows. Paying $$$$ for locks that go beyond "keeping honest people honest" is pointless if they can be bypassed with a rock.
Bump keys are the simplest way to bypass common locks. You can make one in a few hours and it’s pretty much universal.
Most doors aren’t that strong. You can’t pick a lock but you can just knock the door in.
If you can’t knock a door in, try a window.
House has a security system? Get a ladder and go to the second floor. Most security systems are only installed on the first floor.
Or cut the phone line outside the house as that’ll disable the security system entirely (unless it’s wireless).
If the security system has a combined control panel and main board, just run in and smash it. Good systems separate the control panel from the main board to delay the burglar finding it and allowing the system to call for authorities.
Basically locks, security systems, cameras, reinforced door frames, and protective film on windows are just delays, not preventatives. The idea is to delay the burglar enough such that they either get caught or so they decide to hit the next house without as many obstacles.
The LPL is really similar to a lot of us, complaining that "right-click isn't really hacking, view-source isn't really hacking, come on your system is trivially broken" but about the locks practically everyone uses.
We also complain about companies marketing Super Military-Strength Proprietary Encryption but basic key management not making sense ... similar to how LPL likes to get the Pro Max Security big beefy trailer/fence locks and show how they have some of the same trivial design bugs as the cheap locks.
A knocked-out door has the disadvantage of being noisy and visible - random passersby may spot either the act or the result and alert the police, whereas most won't even spot the difference between someone using a legit key and a comb key.
The more time passes between the burglary and the discovery, the better for the burglar - if you're already two counties away when the police establishes local roadblocks these won't catch you, CCTV camera or ALPR records get deleted, phone tower (=which phone was logged in at a certain time in a certain area) records grow bigger and harder to sift through, potential witnesses forget details.
Of course, you can reinforce your door frame and this doesn’t work. But the next locksmith (like I said, regular occurrence) used a bump key to pick it and was in just as fast.
Needless to say, I don’t trust door locks anymore.
There are plenty of custom made tools on the market that do a great job (with built-in pads to protect the door frame, etc).
The only issue they commonly run into is a deadbolt with a throw long enough that you have to destroy the jamb and surrounding frame before it comes free.
In cases where the deadbolt extends significantly into the frame, then yes, it tends to be destructive. But doors with locks that substantial tend to be sturdy enough that brute forcing the door in any fashion (even if you're just attacking the door itself) is likely to damage the frame.
There are options for "through the lock" forcible entry, where you attack the lock directly, using something like a Rex tool[1]. That will definitely destroy the lock, but usually preserves the door (but isn't suitable for every type of lock).
[1] https://www.allhandsfire.com/Rex-Tool-Forcible-Entry-Tool
By the time he got a replacement key, I was literally faster at opening the door with my tool than he was with his key — once you get the knack of it...
(of course the tool was much more clumsy to carry around than a key, and 2 seconds vs 3 isn't enough to care)
You find a strong pint to lean on (a wall, or the ground) and the door is forced open in a matter of seconds (something gives away, hinges or lock).
This is why my lock is a smart one, to make it easier for people to get in (the ones I want to) and I know that a burglar is not going to analyze the emission spectrum but just force my door open.
I would definitely prefer him to use technonoly and not break my door.
Lock picking is basically only found among the locksport community.
If a car alarm goes off my reaction is not "oh no, someone is stealing a car" it's "man I hope they know how to shut that off quickly"