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There is an Android app which allows Android users to see the same notifications.
by cyral 5y ago
There is an Android app which allows Android users to see the same notifications.
- Gys 5y agohttps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.apple.trackerdetect https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.apple.trac... With 100.000+ installs it seems only a very small percentage of Android users is aware or cares
- teruakohatu 5y agoLook at the reviews. It doesn't seem to work. It requires manual scanning and does not work in the background.
- bigmattystyles 5y agoYea, but philosophically, you shouldn't have to opt in (to opt out) - if I don't want to any part of apple's ecosystem, this forces me to actively opt out.
- cyral 5y agoWhat about Tile and other AirTag competitors? None of them even have an app to alert you to unwanted trackers at all.
- bigmattystyles 5y agoNo love for them either - but your retort is pure whatabout-ism - it doesn't address my core complaint.
- Gigachad 5y agoWhat do you want them to do? Shoot brain waves in to your skull to notify you without any device?
- bigmattystyles 5y agoThere's really nothing they can do short of not doing the airtags at all. The spectrum does not belong to them, it's leased to them and they are a user. We can ask for oversight.
- tshaddox 5y agoI mean, you could be hanging out with a friend who has chosen to wear a tracking device. I'm not really sure how far you can go with this idea.
- pantalaimon 5y agoDoes it also conveniently increase the coverage of the network?
- olliej 5y agoNope, that requires their magic low power networking chip thing
- polar 5y agoThat doesn't help people who don't use Android either.
- celsoazevedo 5y agoFunnily enough, the app that works like iPhones (AirGuard, open source) was created by people from a German university. Apple's own app is almost useless as it only works if the user performs manual scans... but who does that?