The one time I fly American I get middle seat + indefinitely delayed flight due to maintenance issues. Can’t even put points to use even if I get any. 😭😭😭😭😭

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AA planes always have maintenance issues.

I think you've got your cause and effect mixed up at the beginning there - you likely got a middle seat BECAUSE you don't have status and aren't able to reserve the better seats in advance. Could be I'm assuming too much though!
I'll also call out that this is a prime example of sample bias.

They do! 😁

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