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> I imagined the teen casually picking up the AirPods in the co-ed locker room where I had dropped them only moments before, putting them in his pocket, and later breaking them out to play some tunes in front of his parents. I pictured them nodding serenely, approving of their clever son who had somehow produced AirPods out of nowhere. 1980s... my brother had a friend who'd come over our house now and then. My mom's…
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)
On one hand, it's practically impossible to use an iOS device that has been remotely locked / disabled. So they shouldn't be worth much. This doesn't seem to be the case with some (most?) Android devices?
On the other hand, kids who like to steal things don't want to use Androids :-(
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.
> I imagined the teen casually picking up the AirPods in the co-ed locker room where I had dropped them only moments before, putting them in his pocket, and later breaking them out to play some tunes in front of his parents. I pictured them nodding serenely, approving of their clever son who had somehow produced AirPods out of nowhere. 1980s... my brother had a friend who'd come over our house now and then. My mom's…
Today I pay even for my free Linux, so lesson learned, I suppose.
My son has put his airpods through the wash at least 3 times and they continue to function!
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 ste…
> I imagined the teen casually picking up the AirPods in the co-ed locker room where I had dropped them only moments before, putting them in his pocket, and later breaking them out to play some tunes in front of his parents. I pictured them nodding serenely, approving of their clever son who had somehow produced AirPods out of nowhere. 1980s... my brother had a friend who'd come over our house now and then. My mom's…
Is confirmation a purely Catholic thing?