How about watch your kid instead of being outraged your kid can swallow small objects? Or better yet ... don't have any kids. Save the planet.
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AirTag Removable Battery Sparks Child Safety Concerns
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totally unfounded concern - item is not for children to start with. More importantly - isn't the entire tag also pretty swallowable - thus definitely not for children. These batteries are in many things - kinda ridiculous.
Well, there's yer problem right there.
A 5¢ solution to this situation too.
Eating the whole thing would be far preferable. It’s nigh waterproof, it would pass with minimal fuss.
The naked button battery will burn through the wall of the stomach/esophagus in minutes to hours and cause life-threatening damage.
Oh pro tip if you happen to see your little rugrat swallow a button battery but can’t manage to stop them, feed them a little honey immediately afterward (per National Battery Ingestion Hotline guidelines)
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Pretty much this.. There are tons of Apple products that is small and have choking hazard for kids. AirPods? Earpods? 5w charging brick? Even Apple Watch without the strap??
Why only Airtag gets the spotlight?
Honesty, I am surprised apple did this. Small children swallowing coin-cell battery is a serious issue. I live in Australia and every new device I can think of that uses a coin-cell battery has the compartment closed by a screw or something similar, that that a child can not open it.
Nobody’s giving airtags to their children to play with, but by their very design airtags may potentially be attached to anything, including items that other people bring into the home or which children happen to find outside the home. Small children are curious, tactile, and babies in particular often learn about objects by putting them in their mouths. This “unfounded concern” will almost certainly lead to the accidental death of children, unless - GASP - Apple rethink and put a screw in the battery compartment like 99.9% of all those other button cell devices you refer to.
Even if you do imagine that only the children of feckless, uncaring parents who never watch their kids are going to die from this… wouldn’t it be nice if those kids lives could be saved by a small Phillips screw, and they, you know, not be dead?
This thread has descended into the usual quagmire people making valid points and then getting abuse from people who haven't actually read the valid points. I'm outta here. Byeeee!
They are concerned about a battery that's been around for 30 years and haven't noticed how easy it would be for a child to swallow the whole air tag?
Australia is the biggest nanny state with so many silly restrictions,banning video games,media,products it’s nothing new
What a load of rubbish... I have lots of Garmin sensors, remote controls, garage door openers, etc. that have no such 'screw' to hold the battery in and they're all sold in Australia.
If it's a TOY specifically designed to be used by the child, unsupervised, the perhaps this is a requirement.
But why an issue now? Why not with Tiles? Ah, that's right. Apple is a big, nasty company. /s
If it's a TOY specifically designed to be used by the child, unsupervised, the perhaps this is a requirement.
But why an issue now? Why not with Tiles? Ah, that's right. Apple is a big, nasty company. /s
Okay.. then get the Airtag covered in a locked vault, with 4 screws to open.
ElevationLab Launches 'TagVault' AirTag Holder
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Easy.
I’m not sure how the airtags would be any different/worse than something like a remote control. The battery door on many remotes would be far easier to remove than the back of an AirTag, and remotes are regularly handed to children!
Those aren’t usually powered by button batteries. Larger batteries like AA’s and the like are less like sweets, much harder to swallow, and much less hazardous if swallowed.
Im more concerned about 5G. They just installed an antenna next to my building and I already can see sounds and hear colors.
button batteries are dangerous to kids
user replaceable batteries are awesome for air tags
apple has billions and claims to be a good corporate citizen
re design ... the button battery - make button batteries safe for kids - win win
user replaceable batteries are awesome for air tags
apple has billions and claims to be a good corporate citizen
re design ... the button battery - make button batteries safe for kids - win win
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