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As a chronic loser of keys and wallets, I recognize the user need here. However, this is a prime example of a piece of software that can only be trusted when an open-source implementation is provided. Google and their customers don't have much to gain through a proprietary implementation. If anything, open-sourcing Find My Device Network would allow third party devices to join the network, enhancing its value to Goog…
Beside of open-source, this whole use-case should be built as an industry standard, not as a ammunition for an adjacent platform war. With these few huge tech-companies, the industry has lost its natural "feature" that required competing players to work together and form an Alliance/SIG to make really big things happen. Instead, the really big companies are happy to take the fruits from that time (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, N…
Re: Find My Device on Android
#331Open standards are still a very common thing. Google and Apple themselves cooperated in development of Matter... then failed to address the key-sharing issue that facilitates vendor lock-in on Matter... so yeah, uhh... never mind.