> But it obviously reduces the reward for stealing devices, which probably reduces crime?

It doesn't reduce crime, it just shifts it to easier targets.

Instead of figuring out why people commit crimes and making society work better to eliminate those reasons, we just shift the burden around and make things objectively worse for everyone.

I get that this is a super hard problem, one that likely can't ever be 100% solved, and Apple isn't responsible for it, but it frustrates me that everything is about controlling symptoms, never about curing the disease.