XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, alt.computer.workshop   
   From: pothead@snakebite.com   
      
   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   
      
      
   --   
   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.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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