I mailed an AirTag and tracked its progress

Re:I mailed an AirTag and tracked its progress by darkarmani on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @06:45PM (#27124547)

> Bit of a tragedy of the commons situation if we have too many selfish people like you who want the benefits of being able to find their own phone when it's lost but not participate in helping find other people's.

What if you only want to turn off airtags? This false choice is caused by apple.

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Re:I mailed an AirTag and tracked its progress by fastball on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @06:50PM (#27124602)

Because again, the network is a common good. Why should everyone else participate in finding your devices when you don't want to participate in finding theirs?

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Re:I mailed an AirTag and tracked its progress by darkarmani on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @05:55PM (#27135617)

I do want to help them in finding theirs, but just their phones. Why can't i divide up my expense/risk and spend it how i want? I'm not mooching off anyone, because i don't have airtags to mooch of their network sharing.

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Re:I mailed an AirTag and tracked its progress by angry_octet on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @10:28PM (#27125962)

Or a common evil, depending on your perspective. You can't opt other people out of tracking you.

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