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But that's digital scarcity, even if not designed like that.
You didn't lose anything because it's completely random. There are big pools just randomly generating wallets to see if they get a used one. And they had multiple hits.
Even when not talking about people not good with computers, people mess up backups and forget passwords. They shouldn't lose their belongings just because of that.