XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, alt.computer.workshop   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2026-01-28 15:19, pothead wrote:   
   > 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.   
   >> And how are they better than Apple's AirTags?   
   >>   
   >> It's certainly not because they're any less expensive.   
   >   
   > I never claimed they were.   
   > You really are unable to deal with the fact that other than Apple products   
   exist   
   > and are popular.   
   > Sheesh.   
   I'm completely able to deal with it.   
      
   I was simply wondering why you settled for an alternative to the AirTag   
   that is no cheaper and inferior.   
      
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