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Apple is bringing new solutions to consumers. Can’t have that now?
I guess not? It’s a problem that Apple has such a large user base. I guess you can’t utilize the user base you create. This is very frustrating.
 
People have no sense of empathy or know what it is anymore. If you were a small third party app/company with a product and that product ended up being reborn as a new shiny Apple product everyone MUST have, you would have the opposite opinion of what you state here.
Tile had the path to stay ahead, but they languished their position by:
  • Still not offering ultra wideband, which is inexcusable when Apple added to UWB to iPhone 11 more than 1.5 years ago.
  • Often does not work!
  • Taking too long to make Tile with user replaceable battery, which is only available on limited number of products.
  • Pedestrian-to-ugly design on their flagship product (Tile Pro).
  • Suspicious privacy policy -- hard to understand and it claims your anonymized and aggregated information is shared with 3rd party.
  • Subscription ($30 without insurance, $100 with insurance) for all but very basic features. The subscription is worth it only if you have lots of Tiles as the price includes complementary battery for all Tiles with user replaceable battery, (costs about $1/each in bulk so you will need to have LOTS of Tiles).
 
Apple has a Complete & Total Stranglehold on App Discovery in their "curated" iOS App Store !

It is for that Reason ALONE, that third-party App Stores MUST be allowed, at least here in the States, where my U.S. Gov't has control over it.

App Discovery competition will in turn, lead to a reduction in Apple's cut.

Epic & others have been fighting the problem from the wrong angle.

Trying to take on Apple from a price perspective is NOT, IMO, the correct OR smart way to go.

App Discovery is !

Why for example, is the Today tab of the iOS App Store App flooded every single day with Game Apps & Apple Arcade promos ?

Why are there NO filters in Settings to filter-off such content for those who have NO interest in it ?

Because Apple wants to control the narrative !

And they do that to the detriment of NON-Game Apps, & those interested in such apps.

Tim Cook & Phil Schiller need to be removed from interacting from the App Store !

Once that happens, the NON-Game portion of the App Store will blossom !

If that requires New Law, so be it !
 
If you can't compete, you can always sue.
If a company literally cannot be competed with, then they're a monopoly. If there are actual reasons they can't be broken up, then they need to be regulated as a utility.

So... which one is it?

1. Tile is able to fairly compete and Apple's rules which only apply to Tile but not AirTag are fair.
2. Apple is a monopoly and needs to be broken up.
3. Apple is a monopoly and needs to be regulated as a utility.
 
Why for example, is the Today tab of the iOS App Store App flooded every single day with Game Apps & Apple Arcade promos ?
Because there is more game releases than anything else ?

A couple of people keep moaning about "app discovery" yet I have yet to see an instance where a simple search did not bring up the most relevant apps.

**I have asked on multiple threads for examples**
 
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Hope they investigate Samsung, Imagine their more expensive Wideband tags only work with Samsung. does Samsung allow you to use third party tags? We need a full Senate inquiry! (for the haters, that is sarcasm)
 
Tile had the path to stay ahead, but they languished their position by:
  • Still not offering ultra wideband, which is inexcusable when Apple added to UWB to iPhone 11 more than 1.5 years ago.
  • Often does not work!
  • Taking too long to make Tile with user replaceable battery, which is only available on limited number of products.
  • Pedestrian-to-ugly design on their flagship product (Tile Pro).
  • Suspicious privacy policy -- hard to understand and it claims your anonymized and aggregated information is shared with 3rd party.
  • Subscription ($30 without insurance, $100 with insurance) for all but very basic features. The subscription is worth it only if you have lots of Tiles as the price includes complementary battery for all Tiles with user replaceable battery, (costs about $1/each in bulk so you will need to have LOTS of Tiles).
9 freaking years to build up a network of only 4.5 million! Sounds like an utter failure in marketing, management and partnering with strategic industries.
 
People have no sense of empathy or know what it is anymore. If you were a small third party app/company with a product and that product ended up being reborn as a new shiny Apple product everyone MUST have, you would have the opposite opinion of what you state here.
No, that is ridiculous. tile did not invent trackers, and unless you can use our broken patent system to your benefit, you can't lock down an idea.
 
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Tile can easily compete with Airtags by putting out a product that works with the ‘Find My App’ Now that Apple has opened up Find my App To the competition
Looks like Tile doesn’t want to spend the money and would rather yell Anti Competitive
 
Tile can easily compete with Airtags by putting out a product that works with the ‘Find My App’ Now that Apple has opened up Find my App To the competition
Looks like Tile doesn’t want to spend the money and would rather yell Anti Competitive
Their business model is subscriptions not hardware sales. Of course they are going to be butthurt.
 
So tile doesn’t work well but they should be protected from competition?

Again, Apple should be forced to make Tile compatible iPhones rather than Tile voluntarily offering iOS compatible tags...
Tile needs to open its tracking to third party tags, let the best trackers win! where is Samsung, btw? still only works on Samsung phones? pathetic
 
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Because they have a monopoly and engage in anticompetitive activities?
I'm sure that there are products from other companies available, so that there isn't a monopoly where you have to buy Apple products.

There are people out there who have never had an Apple product. How can that be with a monopoly?
 
If you can't compete, you can always sue.
If you can't compete, you can always sue.
I have Tiles for my keys, wallet, and other things. The tech is great if it works, but it just doesn’t WORK much of the time. In fact MOST of the time. You literally have to be right on top of the item which defeats the whole purpose. Thank God Apple is getting in the space. Tile can F right off.
 
This was already scheduled. And while I think Apple's on solid ground with AirTags/FindMy, the issue is anticompetitive activities by large tech companies generally, and it's certainly relevant to discuss these products among others when considering how those lines might be drawn.
What line? Why on earth should tile dominate the space with their subpar product. It’s a great concept with flawed execution. Just because Apple is a giant company doesn’t mean they can’t compete and improve upon existing technology. The consumer is benefited by this not harmed.

No government committee on earth knows what the market needs.
 
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Be careful Politician People everyone feels very safe in the Walked Garden.....U mess with products people love and they will remember at election time.
No they will not. Or not enough. Do people remember Biden is senile, wrong about everything ever in foreign affairs, and corrupt? Do people remember Trump is immoral, a little looney, easy provoked personally, and unfocused? No people vote on so many factors and ignore so many others that what politicians did to your favorite company doesn’t make the list. This is just showboating to stay in the news and get Apple to start paying them off.
 
Because they have a monopoly and engage in anticompetitive activities?
Let me make a public choice critique- because Apple has a ton of money and politicians want it. And one way to get it is to make vague threats, do some investigations and the companies start donating money where you want it and become part of the system.
 
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