XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, alt.computer.workshop   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   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!   
      
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