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Re:An update on AirTag and unwanted tracking by krinchan on Thursday February 10, 2022 @07:47PM (#30295245)
They’re a lifesaver for me with unmedicated adult ADHD. I’ve been substantially more on-time to events, appointments, etc. since I put an air tag on my keys and wallet. Several of my friends have commented on it. Tile trackers were horribly inaccurate and either had non-replacable batteries or would eat a battery a month. Airtags have been lightyears better.

Perhaps removing them from the Find My network and only operating locally would be a better option, but I just can’t see them going back on it at this point.

Re:An update on AirTag and unwanted tracking by GekkePrutser on Friday February 11, 2022 @01:00AM (#30297623)
The later Tiles did have replaceable batteries. But they did still suck at being located when lost. Once I tried marking my tile as lost and carried it with me in Barcelona including on busy subways and it took 1 month to get a ping :)

They just didn't have the reach that Apple has, by far.