Well, no need to feel sorry that I can't see why others might want passive tracking. I've made it very clear that I can see why others might enjoy it and have also made it very clear that my comments come from my POV and that others MMV. You are probably just sorry someone disagrees with you.

Twice you have mentioned passive tracking gives a starting point for a search. Fair point but I have to ask - how many times has someone had to search for you when they couldn't just call you on the cell phone? Since when did passive tracking become necessary?

Also, how exactly does passive tracking help with unexpected errands or planning dinner in a way a simple phone call wouldn't? Again, I just see people looking at the tracker, or not bothering, and picking up a phone to confirm plans regardless.

This attachment to connectivity is an interesting phenom that I attributed earlier to the larger smart phone movement. First people checked on their friends and family once in a while, then at work, then every moment they were not engaged, then even when they are driving or sitting on the can. It's become a reflexive need, not want, not to be alone. Easy access does not reduce or sate that desire rather, it seems to only amplify it. Just look around at human behavior with cell phones and needing to be connected. It's not a good thing for society IMO. Why would passive tracking for an activity that really doesn't need it be any different.