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"But AirTags aren't for finding stolen things!", someone asserts every time someone mentions wanting to use AirTags for finding stolen things.
by kstrauser 2y ago
"But AirTags aren't for finding stolen things!", someone asserts every time someone mentions wanting to use AirTags for finding stolen things.
- TimeBearingDown 2y agoIt’s not optimal for that purpose due to the anti-stalking features, but it’s better than nothing.
- supportengineer 2y agoThere has to be a shady operator somewhere with no scruples, who sees the market demand for this use-case.
- throwanem 2y agoGPS trackers with SIM slots and cell radios have been available for ages, and easily enough found for purchase that I don't think mentioning them here adds meaningful risk. AirTags distinguish on Apple's UI polish - including the care for stalking mitigation - and platform integration, rather than their basic functionality.
- adolph 2y agoAlso and perhaps most importantly battery life.
- jkestner 2y agoDogcow the Bounty Hunter
- LeoPanthera 2y agoAnd q-tips aren't for cleaning ears, but what you gonna do.
- kstrauser 2y agoOh, I totally use them for the same thing. It's more that whenever this comes up, some people inevitably go off on tangents about how that's not what AirTags are used for, and we're crazy for using them for this (incredibly obvious) application.
- dclowd9901 2y agoJust plausible deniability to keep Apple safe from litigation if someone decides to go all vigilante.
- mattm 2y agoWhat are they used for?
- RheingoldRiver 2y agothey're supposed to be for makeup and other things you need to apply without getting any on yourself
- kgwgk 2y agoThey were for that before the “weren’t”. “The first mass-produced cotton swab was developed in 1923 by Polish-American Jew Leo Gerstenzang after he watched his wife attach wads of cotton to toothpicks to clean their infant's ears.”
- Ylpertnodi 2y agoI guess in those days nationality/ ethnicity/ religion was an important factor. Snark: fascism grew in the 1920's, similar in the 2020's.
- PlunderBunny 2y agoWhen I was a kid, my doctor told me never to stick anything in my ear that was smaller than my elbow.
- notatoad 2y ago>mentions wanting to use airtags for finding stolen things usually, this is in regard to complaints about the anti-stalking features making airtags less useful for finding stolen things. use airtags for whatever you want, but apple has made it clear that's not their priority when making product decisions.