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> If it's the latter, it might mean that the entire AirTag product line is dead in the water. The average consumer, or even 99.9% of consumers, don't care at a
by PragmaticPulp 5y ago
> If it's the latter, it might mean that the entire AirTag product line is dead in the water.
The average consumer, or even 99.9% of consumers, don't care at all.
They want to find their things. AirTags help them find their things. They don't care how it works. End of story.
It's not a popular opinion on HN where everyone wants to understand every technical detail of how every product works, but in the real world it doesn't matter. Consumers buy products to solve problems. That's all.
- hossbeast 5y agoSurely consumers also care about not being stalked / their real-time location given to third parties?
- wtallis 5y agoObviously not, given what their smartphone apps and browsers are doing. The real question is whether the though of being stalked by an individual rather than by corporations will make any difference.
- randyrand 5y agoMost consumers are not concerned someone wants to stalk them. Few people have experience being stalked.
- ALittleLight 5y agoI think the problem is people have to decide "I'm not going to buy this because if nobody buys this then people won't be able to buy this and use it to stalk people." In other words, the consumer gives up a product they want in exchange for a common good they get an infinitesimal benefit from.
- rlt 5y agoAirTag is one of many ways you can be stalked. Perhaps it’s the cheapest or most well known method at the moment, but you can already buy GPS + cellular trackers that aren’t much more expensive or larger, and they’re only going to get better and cheaper over time. This problem will need to be addressed though other means than a single company intentionally crippling their own product.
- cryptonector 5y agoThe average consumer also doesn't want to be stalked, have their cars stolen, etc.