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Tile predated AirTags for nearly a decade and is still worse on privacy today. If you want to argue that consumer-level trackers shouldn't exist, that's fine, but it's not at all unique to Apple.

Personally I don't think it's a solvable problem, and they shouldn't exist at all.



Tile never became ubiquitous though - but yes, I agree, if it can't be done in a way that can be abused, it shouldn't be a product.

But money talks, and Apple have decided they're comfortable with the risks because it's another brick in their ecosystem wall, and makes them money.


> yes, I agree, if it can't be done in a way that can be abused, it shouldn't be a product.

What about knives, alcohol, cars, escooters, power tools, rope, bleach?

These are all products that can be abused. Should they also not exist?

There will always be a new product that can be abused. Education and threat of punishment keep a lot of people from abusing them. The same can be true for AirTags.


Any half-competent EE can throw together the equivalent of a Tile or AirTag with off the shelf parts nowadays. That genie is out of the bottle and has been for years and years


They can - but that's a higher barrier than "Pay $35".


you can go to AliExpress and pay less than $35 if you just want to creepily track people


And now you don't have to - and don't have to wait 30 days for it to be shipped to you from China.




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