XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, alt.computer.workshop   
   From: pothead@snakebite.com   
      
   On 2026-01-28, Alan  wrote:   
   > On 2026-01-28 14:56, pothead wrote:   
   >> On 2026-01-28, Joel W. Crump  wrote:   
   >>> On 1/28/26 5:41 PM, Alan wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>>>>> https://9to5mac.com/2026/01/27/airtag-2-vs-airtag-heres-everything-new/   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> "With AirTag 2, Apple has added a second-generation Ultra Wideband   
   >>>>>>> chip that makes Precision Finding available from up to 1.5x farther   
   >>>>>>> away than what the first AirTag offered. Make sure you have an   
   >>>>>>> iPhone that supports the extended range."   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> So, Alan, since you paid so much for your MacBook, how does it feel   
   >>>>>>> now to see that extra cash having gone to such great use by Apple?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> What does the one have to do with the other?   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Apple is a BUSINESS.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Their raison d'etre is to produce PRODUCTS and SERVICES that people   
   >>>>>> want to USE.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> I bought a MacBook, because Macs have worked well for me for nearly   
   >>>>>> 40 years.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> I also have purchased AirTags.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> So what?   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> What exactly is wrong with a company putting money it makes back into   
   >>>>>> researching, developing, and eventually selling improved products?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> It's actually not so wrong but Apple so blatantly works for bourgeois   
   >>>>> first worlders, with what they offer, the iPhone and iPad are actually   
   >>>>> pretty decent though, not that I would buy them, but even though   
   >>>>> Samsung does have a bourgeois department they also have a dedication   
   >>>>> to offering the best alternative to the iPhone.  It's simply a better   
   >>>>> business to patronize, for such an essential possession.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I always love the way you have to immediately pivot away from the   
   >>>> arguments they just made.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> I didn't do that.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>> And your penchant for using emotionally charged words (bourgeois).   
   >>>>   
   >>>> The simple fact is that Apple's customer loyalty is fantastic.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> You don't get that unless you produce products that those customers VALUE.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> What makes Samsung a "better business patronize" for a smartphone?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Would it be there very recent "promise" to provide support for longer?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> If they really were a "better business patronize"...   
   >>>>   
   >>>> ...wouldn't that have already been true?   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> My Galaxy S21 still performs as well as it did when I got it.  It   
   >>> surprises me how many people upgrade frequently.   
   >>>   
   >> Even though I have both an Android and iPhone, I use "Spotminders tags"   
   >> because they work great, at least for me.   
   >> Make sure you order direct from them because there are   
   >> many knockoffs out there.   
   >   
   >   
   > Hmmmm...   
   >   
   > The same price as Apple AirTags.   
   >   
   > Physically larger than AirTags.   
   >   
   > Not having the UWB functionality of AirTags.   
      
   wow!   
   2 posts replying to my post mentioning an alternative.   
   Talk about a nerve being hit!   
   You really are a hardcore Apple fanboy Alan.   
      
   Hint: there is an entire world outside of the Apple walled garden.   
   ROTFLMAO!   
      
   --   
   pothead   
   Give a Democrat a fish and he'll eat all day.   
   Teach a Democrat to fish and......   
   He'll steal your rod   
   Take your wallet   
   Assault the fish &   
   Blame Trump.   
      
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