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When to Expect the AirTag 2 to Launch
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The single most important item that needs a tracker is the wallet. And Apple can't deliver? Chipolo can do it, why not Apple?
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How would that work? Not sure how big gps chips are, but i do know the battery wouldnt last long at all if it had to power a gps chip.
My airtag battery lasts 13 months and they are cheap to replace. What happens when a rechargable air tag doesnt hold a charge anymore?
I solved that problem with one of these. An AirTag clip is an optional extra. Bit expensive for a wallet though!
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I have a Ridge wallet and considered adding this.. But in the end decided that it would make the wallet too bulky which kind of defeats the purpose of getting a minimalist slim wallet in the first place.
That's not the problem. The problem is that people who already HAVE bought AirTags will have a much harder time switching to Android. Imagine the iPhone 16 and 17 models would be really bad and overpriced compared to the competition. If somebody wants to switch to Android then, but he owns 20 AirTags for all of his stuff, switching to Android will get much more expensive and that hurts the competition.
In many instances the EU has already forced companies to make their accessories compatible with products of the competition. That benefits the consumer. USB ports for chargers are an example. In the past Apple and Samsung both had their own plugs. There are also standards for car radios for example, so that a third party car radio will fit into your car. The car radios offered by the car manufacturer usually are heavily overpriced. In the past you had to pay a fortune to replace those radios, but compatibility gave customers much more options.
If Apple wants to protect the privacy of the AirTag owner, it can still give him the option to only make the AirTag only work with iPhones, but at least the owner should have the option to disable that.
It goes in the garbage, just like the button cell battery. I'd venture the life of a rechargeable battery that only needs to be charged every few months would far far outstrip the useful life of the device itself. Given that, less waste is actually generated.
No, no, we need the authorities (aka the smart people) to decide our options to save us from ourselves.
Good grief. I sense that you hate being forced to by floor mats specifically made for your car, extra heads for an electric toothbrush, extra bands for a specific watch, or any of these types of things that you have absolutely no say in purchasing.
Probably have already contacted your representative to outlaw such crazy things that would make it unbearable to "switch". All you are describing is a value proposition. Those who have willingly bought in to the Apple ecosystem did so - let me be repetitive - out of their own free will. There are alternatives to the AirTag that are cross-platform. These people looked at the value proposition between the competing products and determined there was value in investing in the ecosystem. Like any investment or purchase, there are risks.
What you are describing actually hurts competition because it forces companies to invest in things they otherwise wouldn't that have the potential to result in an inferior product. It's wasted capital just so you can have things the way you want (even though you already had that option in another product).