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Into Thin AirPods

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Re: Into Thin AirPods

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Post by labcomputer »

edude03 wrote: post #80

As someone who has lost three pairs of AirPods (including the newer pros) I’ve never understood why Apple allows another device to pair with headphones that are already paired to an iCloud account. Once my girlfriend saw my AirPod maxs lying around and wanted to try them. She put them on her head, tapped “continue” or whatever it said under “not your AirPods” and was listening to music in 15 seconds. Obviously they w…

> I’ve never understood why Apple allows another device to pair with headphones that are already paired to an iCloud account.

Because then you can't use your personal AirPods with your work computer. Plus, AirPods work with non-Apple devices anyway. How does Apple know what iCloud account belongs to my car's stereo?

> I feel like Apple could “just” give you the option to disable pairing and discourage people from stealing them, but I don’t know why they haven’t

Something like that would be neat, provided that 1) it's optional; and 2) the user can authorize a small number of "guest" iCloud accounts.

Re: Into Thin AirPods

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Post by thenerdhead »

This person sounds a bit unhinged. They create this story of pursuit when they and their partner lost their devices, nobody stole them. The whole story vilifies various people who found or claimed lost gadgets(probably staff or kids). Most adults would just buy a new pair if they lost theirs.

Re: Into Thin AirPods

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Post by Reubachi »

edude03 wrote: post #80

As someone who has lost three pairs of AirPods (including the newer pros) I’ve never understood why Apple allows another device to pair with headphones that are already paired to an iCloud account. Once my girlfriend saw my AirPod maxs lying around and wanted to try them. She put them on her head, tapped “continue” or whatever it said under “not your AirPods” and was listening to music in 15 seconds. Obviously they w…

I could not imagine a worse solution to a user-error. Imagine this same comment but about wired headphones, for example.

Since the dawn of time people have stolen and misplaced things. Please don't give Apple any bright ideas about monetizing human clumsiness.

Re: Into Thin AirPods

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Post by MarkSweep »

fwlr wrote: post #108
callesgg wrote: post #90

The AirPods location as shown on the map is not the actual location, it is the location of the phone that last reported “hearing” the signal from the AirPods. When you are close to them and connected to them, the map will show your own location not the AirPods. This explains why the AirPods tracked the authors own location at times. Possibly also why the map showed the boys location. He was using Bluetooth so his pho…

Yes! Some may feel the author was excessively cautious but in this case it actually compensated for the author also not understanding exactly how Find My Device works, and the two cancelled out and resulted in the correct decisions being made! In trying to troubleshoot annoying “lost AirPods” notifications without turning off Find My Device, I ended up learning a bit about how the system seems to work. The way Find M…

> I leave my old MacBook Air on, at my house, connected to wifi, to act as a “stay at home parent” device that can report on child devices, no issues since then.

A solution that does not involve leaving a computer on all the time is to configure Find My to not report devices at certain locations.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212765

Re: Into Thin AirPods

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Post by dmm »

callesgg wrote: post #90

The AirPods location as shown on the map is not the actual location, it is the location of the phone that last reported “hearing” the signal from the AirPods. When you are close to them and connected to them, the map will show your own location not the AirPods. This explains why the AirPods tracked the authors own location at times. Possibly also why the map showed the boys location. He was using Bluetooth so his pho…

> Possibly also why the map showed the boys location.

If it means even a slight chance of attracting unfounded vigilantism, mandatory participation in a poorly understood surveillance network seems like a pretty big downside associated with using an iphone.

Re: Into Thin AirPods

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Post by JCharante »

SketchySeaBeast wrote: post #96
edude03 wrote: post #80

As someone who has lost three pairs of AirPods (including the newer pros) I’ve never understood why Apple allows another device to pair with headphones that are already paired to an iCloud account. Once my girlfriend saw my AirPod maxs lying around and wanted to try them. She put them on her head, tapped “continue” or whatever it said under “not your AirPods” and was listening to music in 15 seconds. Obviously they w…

> As someone who has lost three pairs of AirPods (including the newer pros) I’ve never understood why Apple allows another device to pair with headphones that are already paired to an iCloud account. Seems kind of user hostile to me. I lose my Apple account I lose my headphones too.

Unless you can go to the apple store with proof of purchase and unlock the headphones

Re: Into Thin AirPods

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Post by jdlshore »

thenerdhead wrote: post #122

This person sounds a bit unhinged. They create this story of pursuit when they and their partner lost their devices, nobody stole them. The whole story vilifies various people who found or claimed lost gadgets(probably staff or kids). Most adults would just buy a new pair if they lost theirs.

There is a style of writing, fairly common in magazines, where the writer discusses an ordinary event in great detail, then attempts to draw meaning from it. As a reader, you’re meant to enjoy the writing style, humor, and leaps of logic, not take it literally.

This is not the greatest example of the genre, to be sure.

Re: Into Thin AirPods

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Post by mijoharas »

For a similar story, in London I had my phone snatched by a kid on a bike.

In my case find my phone was useful, as they'd thrown it into a nearby park when they realized it was an android and not an iPhone. (This is actually not uncommon in London, the police told me that was why, and I heard from another friend that had something similar happen)

Re: Into Thin AirPods

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Post by thenerdhead »

jdlshore wrote: post #127
thenerdhead wrote: post #122

This person sounds a bit unhinged. They create this story of pursuit when they and their partner lost their devices, nobody stole them. The whole story vilifies various people who found or claimed lost gadgets(probably staff or kids). Most adults would just buy a new pair if they lost theirs.

There is a style of writing, fairly common in magazines, where the writer discusses an ordinary event in great detail, then attempts to draw meaning from it. As a reader, you’re meant to enjoy the writing style, humor, and leaps of logic, not take it literally. This is not the greatest example of the genre, to be sure.

Entertaining, yes. Meaningful, no.

Re: Into Thin AirPods

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Post by rafram »

op00to wrote: post #26
nyx wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The purpose of this story is for the author to recount their experience in an entertaining way that's pleasant to read. Why would you want to use an LLM to summarize it? That'd be like finding an interesting-looking novel to read at the bookstore, then buying the Cliff's Notes instead. I've thus far kept myself mostly isolated from and ambivalent about the GPT hype, but this comment, even if it's somewhat tongue-in-c…

I skipped most of the article because it was boring. I was vindicated by the ending where nothing happens.

The point of reading a story like this is to enjoy the act of reading it, not to claim a reward for reaching the conclusion. It's genuinely saddening how angry people in this thread are getting over the idea of reading for reading's sake.
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