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God damn it's like I'm back in 2010 where people praise Apple for doing things other people have already done. Apple did not invent device trackers with replac
by Sohcahtoa82 6y ago
God damn it's like I'm back in 2010 where people praise Apple for doing things other people have already done.
Apple did not invent device trackers with replaceable batteries. Tile has been doing that since 2018 on some of their devices (Basically all except the smallest ones), and I imagine someone else did it before then.
- obenn 6y agoTrackers have existed for a while, but the privacy preserving ad-hoc device network approach is definitely an innovation.
- redxdev 6y agoIs it though? Tile seems to do the exact same thing according to https://www.thetileapp.com/en-us/how-it-works https://www.thetileapp.com/en-us/how-it-works (see "Notify When Found") I don't have one so I can't conclusively say either way, but it seems like the only "innovation" Apple can probably claim over Tile is that every iPhone should support the network out of the box (I assume) rather than having to rely only on people who already have the app.
- tekknik 6y agoTile charges for that feature, and harasses you in app until you pay the sub. Tiles only works with phones, any apple device supporting the “find my” protocol can report the position of a tag. Integration into the Apple ecosystem is another huge one that Tile refused.
- mvanaltvorst 6y agoThe fact that it works with any iPhone /is/ the innovation. I would imagine less than 0,5% of iPhone users has the Tile app installed. A worldwide network of connected iPhones will make this technology finally worth using.
- imwillofficial 6y ago“Where people praise App for things other people have already done.” Did anyone say Apple was the first to do this? No, no they did not. So are you saying that nobody is allowed to be praised if it’s been done before? Because that’s what it looks like to me, please correct me if I’m mistaken. Thanks.
- Sohcahtoa82 6y agoGP said that "Apple made it practical" while quoting a part about having user-replaceable batteries, implying that Apple's use of replaceable batteries in a device tracker was Apple's innovation.
- austhrow743 6y agoNo it's implying that there was a worry that Apple wouldn't have user replaceable batteries. They at no point reference any competing product.
- Dylan16807 6y agoI disagree. The comment is drawing a contrast between what apple did and "devices like this".
- m3kw9 6y agoIs like wireless head phones, Apple didn’t invent them, but they get praised because of of great they didn’t it.
- s3r3nity 6y ago> ...people praise Apple for doing things other people have already done. As Drake once said: "it ain't about who did it first/ It's about who did it right."
- dahfizz 6y agoAnd you know apple did it right? On a device nobody has their hands on? There's nothing wrong with being a fanboy, but don't pretend like you're not fanboying.
- throwinawaysoon 6y agoit's almost as if they're paid to. Anything Apple does, it's just 'better/innovative/practical'
- tekknik 6y agoApple generally does it right. And especially since Tile harasses you to buy a subscription in which they use your phone to report others devices locations. So you think Tile did it right? I’m counting the days myself.
- rataata_jr 6y agoOh yes the canadian philosopher man.
- daniel_iversen 6y agoThe brilliant thing with apple is the privacy feature and the fact there are hundreds of millions of devices/people able to help find your lost item - that’s where a lot of the other trackers fell down.