If Apple introduces tile like competitor, would it lower the threshold for creepy and stalky folks to track others? Would it be as easy and slipping in a Apple Tile and its location be crowdsourced back to Apple and therefore to the stalker?
You don't even know to go that far if apple's aspirations for devices helping you locate your things goes to fruition- "accidentally" slip your airpods into someone else's bag and apple will helpfully locate it for you until your airpod's case goes out of power
There are going to be a lot of issues if apple just lets you track things at range