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Article for context:https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/12/23870522/iphone-15-pro-max-thread-smartphones (Ik that I am talking about multiple companies when I refer to android companies but many singular companies make more innovations in the phone space compared to apple)

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Tile was around for years before "airtags"

[–] flames5123 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, but tile doesnt work on the mesh network of iPhones everywhere. If I lose my wallet on the bus, I can find that bus or the person who stole my wallet thanks to other people owning Apple phones reporting it to mine over the internet.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Tile has a mesh network, it just isn't as big as Apples. It also isn't enabled by default: you have to mark your tile as "lost" -- which sidesteps the stalking issues airtags have.

[–] Goodie -3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Honestly, I doubted this, and looked it up.

Why do you think in only a few years AirTags have become so ubiquitous, while tile has had nearly a decade on them, and are so barely known?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

That's pretty easy, because they're marketed by apple and support is built into all ios devices.

Whereas Tile is a third party company and had to hoist their network onto iphones.

It's a common pattern in big tech and part of why it's near impossible for any independent company to get anywhere in the industry

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago