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In addition to what the other commenter said, Tile products are very flaky. The price difference doesn't matter to me, since Tile's products just don't work.
by r-zip 5y ago
In addition to what the other commenter said, Tile products are very flaky. The price difference doesn't matter to me, since Tile's products just don't work.
- eli 5y agoTile has been complaining for some time that their products are flaky because new iOS privacy measures prevent them from accessing location data while running in the background, even if the user sets the app permission to "always allow." https://9to5mac.com/2020/04/02/apple-breaking-promises/ https://9to5mac.com/2020/04/02/apple-breaking-promises/
- sitzkrieg 5y agodestroy your competition by means of public apis! its great
- novok 5y agoYeah it used to be more reliable until a few OS updates ago, so I definitely believe tile on this front.
- patentatt 5y agoUsed to be more reliable, but also consumed ~10% of my battery on any given day. It's a trade-off
- FearlessNebula 5y agoAndroid does the same if anyone's wondering
- bagacrap 5y agoAndroid has a (functioning?) always allow setting.
- Spivak 5y agoI mean this doesn't seem that bad? I share my location with my SO with Google Maps and every so often my phone pops up a thing that's like "hey you wanna keep doing that?", I tap yes, and move on. I do the same with Tile. I've never had flakiness with Google's implementaion on iOS. What does Tile need in the background that keeps it from working?
- yarcob 5y agoApple's own apps don't ask if you want to keep letting them access your location.
- bagacrap 5y agothat link says that "always allow" doesn't exist (needs to be reinstated)