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Re: Find My Device on Android

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Post by causi »

prmoustache wrote: post #271
causi wrote: post #33

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As someone who owns about eight of them, I don't see how you could love Tile. They have a ridiculous profit margin and the company likes to engage in asshole practices like making it so getting a notification when you lose connection with a tile is a fucking monthly subscription. Companies that charge for things which cost them literally zero dollars deserve to burn to the ground.

Hmmm if all that is true why do you have so many of them?

They were the only option at the time.

Re: Find My Device on Android

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Post by simondotau »

lxgr wrote: post #180
MBCook wrote: post #172

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Bull. That’s why I put the comment in parentheses. They had already switched their laptops to all USB-C many years ago. And iPad Pros. I think the iPad Air and iPad (no name) switched as well. There were also strong rumblings Apple was going to release the USB-C iPhones when the rule was passed. > They tend to oppose standards they aren't already using. You’re kidding right? Then explain USB. Or Thunderbolt. Of every…

So you're saying that's what they wanted to do all along, it just took them almost ten years, and it just happened to neatly coincide with the EU regulation as well? Sure, and they're now allowing game streaming apps and retro emulators on iOS because that's what they always knew was best for the world anyway. What a coincidence (with the DMA, in that case)! > Apple didn’t invent any of them and open them. They were…

Counter-counterpoint: When Apple introduced the Lightning connector in 2012, they described it as their connector "for the next decade".[0] Their switch from Lightning to USB-C on the iPhone came just over ten years after that announcement. Perhaps it was EU regulation, or perhaps it was Apple wanting to make good on a ten-year-old promise of connector continuity.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82dwZYw2M00&t=1571s

Re: Find My Device on Android

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Post by simondotau »

kiwijamo wrote: post #217
lightbritefight wrote: post #159

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It's unclear if you are being sarcastic or not. Apple adopted USB C on their phones because the EU compelled them to. They tend to oppose standards they aren't already using.

Excatly right. They switched to USB-C only on certain classes of devices and even then only over a incredibly long period of time when they could have moved all of their devices over to USB-C fairly quickly given their vertical integration advantages. It's interesting how my non-Apple ecosystem has me using USB-C across all devices across multiple manufacturrs but my Apple friends have multiple cables/chargers/etc to…

Perhaps it was EU regulation, or perhaps it was Apple wanting to make good on a ten-year-old promise of connector continuity. When Apple introduced the Lightning connector in 2012, they described it as their iPhone connector "for the next decade".[0] Their switch from Lightning to USB-C on the iPhone came just over ten years after that.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82dwZYw2M00&t=1571s

Re: Find My Device on Android

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Post by lotsofpulp »

idle_zealot wrote: post #250
shuckles wrote: post #223

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You make fun of it, yet the ecosystem is so popular and well integrated that the US Department of Justice is suing them over it.

The issue is not that they have a well-integrated ecosystem, it's that they build features into their products that only their other products are allowed to use. There would be no need for action if Apple designed a popular ecosystem that all of your devices could participate in.

Are there laws against that “issue”?

Re: Find My Device on Android

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Post by idle_zealot »

lotsofpulp wrote: post #305
idle_zealot wrote: post #250

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The issue is not that they have a well-integrated ecosystem, it's that they build features into their products that only their other products are allowed to use. There would be no need for action if Apple designed a popular ecosystem that all of your devices could participate in.

Are there laws against that “issue”?

Sure, in the EU.

Re: Find My Device on Android

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Post by olabyne »

I'm working on a 3D print + PCB device that turn off/on Airtags periodically. This way, it re-purpose the airtag into a good theft-tracking device (and not just a i-don'know-where-my-keys-are-device). Apple impletemented notifications because a few sktechy people used it to track people. But the downside is it can warn thieves as well. Turning off the Airtag ensure the iphone does not see the device enought to enable warning.

Re: Find My Device on Android

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Post by Grazester »

KennyBlanken wrote: post #249
worthless-trash wrote: post #242

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Apples Bluetooth stack Has had problems for quite a while.

No, it doesn't - and clearly you've never tried to work on Android bluetooth.

This response seems so impulsive and child like. I laughed out loud.

Re: Find My Device on Android

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Post by Grazester »

FredPret wrote: post #22
renewiltord wrote: post #8

Google is like store-brand Apple. But their home devices are so much better (but still somehow not ‘good’) that more people have coverage with them rather than HomePod so they’ll get the search assist from there. I’m surprised they can only do proximity, though. AirTags do direction quite well and can sometimes even tell altitude difference.

Curious to know about the home devices. I'd never allow any google hardware a permanent place in my home even if it's amazing, but it's hard to see another major tech co coming up with something better than Apple TV. The Homepod is amazing too. It's stuck with Siri (is this what you mean?) but has fantastic sound that integrates with the TV for movies and Mac when playing music.

Nvidia Shield is bloody great... though not Google still Android.

Re: Find My Device on Android

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Post by fkkffdddd »

olabyne wrote: post #307

I'm working on a 3D print + PCB device that turn off/on Airtags periodically. This way, it re-purpose the airtag into a good theft-tracking device (and not just a i-don'know-where-my-keys-are-device). Apple impletemented notifications because a few sktechy people used it to track people. But the downside is it can warn thieves as well. Turning off the Airtag ensure the iphone does not see the device enought to enable…

In your experience, what is the threshold for detection?
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