Stalkerware is designed and built as a tool of abuse. The people who create it are looking to profit off that abuse.
More effort should be devoted to prosecuting these bottom-feeders.
I haven't heard of or seen anything indicating that the US, or any other country, is trying to make car theft or petty theft legal.
It’s less of a “the way things are headed” in the US, and more of a side effect of the state-level political games each side is playing, where blue states score points by loosening penalties, and red states score points by tightening penalties.
Neither population of state citizens is right or wrong, but rather they’re all pawns. As someone put it, the politicians have organized the country into two LARPing teams to keep everyone distracted while they run out the back door with the money.
But on the issue of domestic and family violence, where I live in Australia it has become a major political issue, and there have been significant changes to law and policy to try and reduce the risks.
In this case, we are dealing with a relatively small number of people selling a product intended to facilitate what is recognised in most jurisdictions as a serious crime. As such, putting more effort into finding and prosecuting (or suing) these people seems like a worthwhile investment - but because it’s a global market there needs to be global cooperation to achieve much.