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Tile Launches New Premium Protect Plan That Offers $1000 in Lost Item Reimbursement
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Ideally I would use this for items that might get stolen, like a bicycle or snowboard. Locks are great but only do so much.
Are you serious?
Do you leave your door open at night?
And more importantly, what exactly does your inspirational/wishful thinking have to do with the actual mechanics of Tile's promotion?
It's insurance. And, insurance is....a scam. They will find some way to make your claim ineligible.
They have to. The majority of the time. They're in it to make money. Soooo...keep it.
They have to. The majority of the time. They're in it to make money. Soooo...keep it.
While it's within their modus operandi; it would be absolutely egregious to do it at a time where they're being scrutinized all over the world for potentially anti-competitive behavior.
I used to be a big fan of Tile. I even joined their pro program this past year. But then they offered this service that was supposed to help you keep track of things, so that if you left a location without it, it would tell you. It has never worked properly one single time. Not even close. They put out all these different designs from plain Jane to very fancy, and nothing else changes. I'm pretty much done with Tile and it has nothing to do with the possible Air Tags coming. It's Tile's own fault.
oh I’m sure it’s good business, but it drives me nuts how they are acting like not having automatic always on location access is somehow anti-competitive while selling peoples location info to Facebook lol. Like, they are literally the case that proves the rule for apple regarding privacy
I'd guess (just guessing) they have some tech in the tile to determine whether it was forcefully removed from the item. That would also explain why they want a photo of the item, presumably with the tile attached.
I live in The Netherlands, and this is what I've been hearing from local users. The density of Tile users simply isn't enough.
If Tile does not offer the insurance product in your country, then you gotta think real hard whether to buy Tile (with or without insurance). Them not offering it, could very well point to the app simply not working well enough in your country.
I live in the Netherlands as well, and have been a very satisfied Tile user. It has probably been hundreds of times that i've lost my keys (bike or house) somewhere in the house. Or could not find them in my backpack, so i would ring them. Works every time.
Until today. I just filed a report with Tile, because somehow my Tiles won't keep connected to my phone. It says my keys have been seen 20+ hours ago, even though i'm looking at them right now. Battery (Duracell, so expensive A-grade batteries) is only a few months old. Resetting the Tile works, for one day. After that, it will lose connection again. This has happened the last few days. It's quite annoying, because i can no longer count on my Tiles. They are no longer reliable.
Therefore, chances are I might be switching to Apple Airtags when i buy a new phone. Bring it on!
Until today. I just filed a report with Tile, because somehow my Tiles won't keep connected to my phone. It says my keys have been seen 20+ hours ago, even though i'm looking at them right now. Battery (Duracell, so expensive A-grade batteries) is only a few months old. Resetting the Tile works, for one day. After that, it will lose connection again. This has happened the last few days. It's quite annoying, because i can no longer count on my Tiles. They are no longer reliable.
Therefore, chances are I might be switching to Apple Airtags when i buy a new phone. Bring it on!
You’re overthinking it. When you insure a laptop, theres nothing preventing you from one day calling up your insurers and telling them you lost it. Most people don’t, for a whole bunch of reasons, from being uncomfortable lying to a trained investigator, to preferring not to go to jail.
Same way you’d find it anywhere, using the Tile app. And if the app can’t find your Tile you get up to $1000. What exactly is the problem?
The thing about patents is they are all about implementations, not general ideas, otherwise someone would just have a patent on tracking devices and it would be done, and judging by the UWB chip in my phone, that is likely a patent Apple does hold and Tile does not. Given the case their implementation is unique, it’s not anti competitive, it’s just doing business.
It would be anti-competitive if Apple for example booted Tile from the store. And it would be a huge antitrust thing if they tried to get Google to adopt their UWB tech (also in exchange for booting tile).
Entering a market that someone else is in already with a better product is just normal. Otherwise no one else would be making electric cars cept Tesla and IBM would own the entire pc market.
I agree with the sentiment, but when the consequences are almost non existent or at least not symmetrical (the car example of someone in your lane coming towards would have the same catastrophic consequences for both drivers) quite a few abuse it, maybe not 10%, not even 5%, but enough that it actually makes quite a dent.
I think this service and gambling level feels a bit unnecessary imo, as a non costumer I still had no doubts that Tile works as advertised, don’t need to be promised that it works so well that when it doesn’t I’ll be paid.
What company doesn’t think about competition? I think it’s a smart play. Correct me if I’m wrong but isn’t Apple at somewhat of a disadvantage considering airtags will only work with Apple products? What about the other 120 million android users. Tile can capture both audiences.
That would be bad, but other than someone stealing it, how would that happen? I can't leave my house by foot or bike without my phone - I couldn't close the garage. I can't leave anywhere else without my phone - the only mode of transport that would work without the phone would be riding with friends/family. And as I'd be a passenger, I'd probably pull my phone out the moment I sit down - I'd instantly know it was lost somewhere nearby.
In 12 years of iPhone ownership, this has never been a problem for me.
The part where someone intentionally attaches the tile in a way that the tile is lost but the item is not. This seems ripe for abuse.
Why bother with all that?! Skip the bag, the plane, the tarmac, the fluffy pocket and the Tile. Just call up your insurance company today and tell them your laptop is missing.