Why do you care if you're going to be dead? I don't understand why such preparations are made like long goodbye messages. What does it matter if you're not here to be embarrassed by it? Before my 2 attempts in 2018 (they were a day apart) I threw my wallet, cell phone and keys off a freeway overpass. The overpass was fenced but I don't think I would jump from a low bridge anyways I ended up having to get keys made for my vehicle and then I drove home and did my second attempt which I honestly believed was going to succeed. Overall it's more likely than not that our attempt are going to fail unless using a highly successful method like a gun. So you end up still alive and now your phone has been wiped out. Maybe they have apps that can clear data off your phone after a period of time? Just make sure to lock it in a very secure way and chances are it would be wiped out.
Probably for the same reasons anyone does anything or gives a shit about anything.
For me, I do care about the excess embarrassment placed on my memory, even if I'm not there to experience it.
For the same reasons I would care about what someone thought of me despite them never saying it out loud or to my face.
For the same reasons I care about how I'm perceived against my will while I'm still alive.
Will I be able to actively give a shit when I'm dead? No.
But I'm not dead yet and unfortunately I may live on only in one of the worst possible ways imaginable..in the musings of other people.
I'd rather not make it any easier for them to devalue or misinterpret me, if they even care to give my passing a thought.
You bring up a great point though..if we fail then we may then have to endure (at least for a bit) all the same issues we were, but also with a wiped device on top of it.
I'm trying to back up my shit somewhere else, not local or physical…somewhere that will eventually drop the storage and data when a certain time frame ends, or when I'm no longer here to keep up with the payments.
I can't stand that our devices could possibly be accessed via requests and death certificates.
People lose their passwords to their own accounts and cannot even get back into them when they're alive…yet kick the fucking bucket and then your family can gain access to what you couldn't.
That's insanity.
I wish there was something I could sign on all of these "cloud" type things or even related to my physical devices that allowed a plan of action to be demanded, like "discard and destroy upon death, as required by law"..