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I, for one, don't like losing my keys or umbrella and really like AirTags.

Do you need the location tracking for that, or just the ability to hunt within wireless range of your phone?

I've not-often lost my keys nor umbrella, do you live in a castle? How often do you loose those things?

And now your tagging your items just for apple to see besides no one has answered how does that justify the e-waste these tags produces?

Seeing as I've been rated-limited.

> Not sure what you mean there, but Apple doesn't get to know where anything is.

To say Apple doesn't get to see any information, pfft. I trust them as much as any thief. Can you prove this?

> Something something covid vaccines and 5G base stations

Not at all. I'm hoping to get my covid vaccine, have you?

I have ADHD and live in an apartment <1000sqft and have lost my keys moments after finding them, but before I made it out the door. My second most frequently used command with my smart home setup is "Where's my phone?". I ordered 4 air tags. As to the e-waste concern, I'm trusting Apple's recycling program to handle them for me once they're no longer in service. It's admittedly not ideal for the environment, but I think it's better than the companies that sell disposable commercial trackers that are intended to never be recovered.

That might make you the only person to have never misplaced your keys. It's not exactly uncommon. In the above scenario, finding of an umbrella prevents waste as otherwise you need a new one.

I'm guity there, never is the wrong word, so I've edited it to not-often. Not Often have I lost such possessions.

But still, a gimmick which those with will get bored within the next six months and will be left with a thing that will constantly tag it's position.

> tagging your items just for apple to see

Not sure what you mean there, but Apple doesn't get to know where anything is.

Do you have a phone, a computer or even a relatively new car?

I presume you do. You are already being tracked.

Totally yeah, no car though. I walk in to a shop and I'm already tagged. I walk in to the streets, I'm tagged. There's no hiding from surveillance. But now to allow a tag report back where your X is located is ridiculous.

Why you want to submit to a heat map of your objects, and what you do with them, I don't know. Call me cynical. I pity the people who feel its a fantastic toy when normally it's the same people criticizing about X FANG company thing. Yet they go and buy the recent crud they release. Talk about hypocritical.

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