Airtag "stuck" in lost mode, is this for the best?
I have a bad habit of losing things constantly so I picked up two AirTags, for my wallet and for my keys. The reviews made them seem appropriate and very simple to use, "it just works" etc. Perhaps I am stupid but I am kinda confused by them.
I wanted to check what message the AirTag would display when in lost mode. Doing this was already strange as I could not activate lost mode while near the tag, so I purposefully left it at home and went to the gym, and marked it as lost. The message that it shows has the right contact information, that's great.
There is however, no way to turn the lost mode off it seems. There is only an option to "Remove Contact Info", I am terrified to press that button as pretty much the reason I have this is I lose my things in places I frequent that are a close community and would contact me.
From what I read online, the "downside" of being in lost mode is that it can interfere with your privacy - I am not in a position where getting my contact information is dangerous, but that makes me confused as to why this process is confusing.
Why can't I activate lost mode when I am next to my device? If this does reveal my contact, that's fine, I don't want it to be sitting somewhere for hours, I don't realize this, and it never gets returned because the good samaritan can't even contact me if they try and then they give up.
Why can't I disable lost mode?
Why are these devices so unintuitive? Feels very non Apple like