XPost: comp.sys.mac.advocacy, alt.computer.workshop   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2026-01-31 13:54, pothead wrote:   
   > On 2026-01-30, CrudeSausage  wrote:   
   >> On Fri, 30 Jan 2026 01:05:46 -0000 (UTC), pothead wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On 2026-01-30, pothead  wrote:   
   >>>> On 2026-01-30, Alan  wrote:   
   >>>>> On 2026-01-29 15:23, pothead wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>>> I have heard of some travelers who will pull the batteries out when   
   >>>>>>> their suitcase is in storage to extend life...but I've found it easy   
   >>>>>>> and probably more effective just to track battery replacement dates.   
   >>>>>>>   For example, I have two tags from 2022 whose batteries have only   
   >>>>>>> ever been replaced once (in 2024), so they've already averaged over   
   >>>>>>> 18 months and are due, so I'll just change them out before the   
   >>>>>>> spring trip.  At ~$1/year and 4/$99, the financial breakeven is out   
   >>>>>>> in the Year 2042.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> -hh   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Yea, and where are you going to find a battery when your luggage is   
   >>>>>> in pengo pengo? As usual you play with minutia while avoiding the   
   >>>>>> obvious.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Because it's SO difficult to realize your about to take a trip and   
   >>>>> replace the battery beforehand if you have any thought that it might   
   >>>>> die during the tript.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> Obvious things like:   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Super slim. looks like an ordinary credit card vs an Airtag which   
   >>>>>> looks, well, like an Airtag. Easy to hide in plain sight unlike an   
   >>>>>> Apple Airtag.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> You're really stretching here...   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> ...and ignoring that you failed to properly identify the product you   
   >>>>> were claiming to use when it first came up.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> Many more advantages however what I find interesting is how Anal, not   
   >>>>>> you hh, jumped all over my initial post where all I said was i use   
   >>>>>> Spotminders rather than Airtag. THAT"S IT. Anal went bonkers playing   
   >>>>>> the Apple fanboy and for no reason at all based upon my post.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> I didn't "go bonkers" at all.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> I pointed out the deficiencies between the product you SAID you were   
   >>>>> using and an AirTag.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> It's obvious he is an extreme Apple fanboy (being paid?) and a   
   >>>>>> lunatic who goes on the offensive as soon as a person mentions an   
   >>>>>> alternative to an Apple anything.Even if no claims of which is better   
   >>>>>> other than choice. That's a snit technique. Totally bogus.   
   >>>>>>> The guy is a certified lunatic.   
   >>>>> LOL!   
   >>>>   
   >>>> ROTFLMAO!!!   
   >>>> So can you hide an air tag in a wallet?   
   >>>> In a purse?   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>> Some additional information.   
   >>> Here are some reasons why I went with Spotminders instead of Apple.   
   >>> There are more.   
   >>>   
   >>> Sorry Anal if Apple lost a sale.   
   >>> You can make it up on the next sucker, err customer.   
   >>>   
   >>> https://www.spotminders.com/pages/10-reasons-ditching-airtags-list1   
   >>   
   >> I'm glad you brought these up. I have to admit that I would rather have   
   >> the Spotminders if only because they fit in the wallet. That's the issue I   
   >> had with the AirTag.   
   >   
   > Passport is another popular place. If you have a passport holder you can   
   slip it in   
   > and it will not immediately get noticed giving you some time to recover.   
   >   
   >   
      
   And I have never said that Spotminders Tracking Card product didn't have   
   use cases that Apple's AirTags couldn't fit.   
      
   You fucked up when you opened this conversation. Admit that.   
      
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