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Are people against the idea of GPS trackers?

Lightbug uses GPS and has a 6 year battery with a size smaller than a credit card. Ultimately there's no way to put the cat in the bag.

I'd argue it's not possible for a tracker to exist that cannot be used for bad purposes.

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Arguably AirTags raised the awareness that you can pretty trivially plant a tracker on someone's bag or car. But given that the technology exists, I'm not sure what everyone outraged expects to happen. Being able to track things and people (with their permission of course) is actually genuinely useful. So it's not reasonable (and of course ultimately unworkable with respect to nefarious purposes) to block this technology.

It’s about the logo on the device. It drives clicks and ad impressions when you write about apple so people are influenced to feel more outrage about them.

Wow! This is a Hollywood-level tracker.

Smaller than a car keyfob Absolutely tiny at just 56 x 37 x 12.9mm, it can fit almost anywhere Plus it weighs almost nothing! (35g) And the battery lasts a month.

https://thelightbug.com/

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