In reality it's not that binary. Plenty of people can manage themselves, except during times when they can't, and then they need help.
It'd be a good start if services let you enter emergency contact info, making escalation opt-in.
It'd be a good start if services let you enter emergency contact info, making escalation opt-in.
A feature like that definitely wouldn't help everyone, but it might help some. If it was sold as a blanket solution that would be indeed absurd however.