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A 10-Year Battery for AirTag

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jmull ◴[] No.42465013[source]
I know this is useful (for something), but I'm stuck on the plot holes in the motivating story...

Why didn't they replace the battery when the app complained?

How long would a thief really keep the AirTag anyway?

If the thief did keep the AirTag and you tracked them down, then what? A confrontation has a fairly high chance to have a worse result than losing some equipment. You could try to get the police to do it, but that's going to take more time, during which the thief is even more likely to ditch the AirTag.

Anyway, you're really swimming upstream trying to think of aigtags as an antitheft device. They're really for something lost, not stolen. Generally, they are specifically designed to not work well in adversarial situations.

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tonymet ◴[] No.42465292[source]
order results from consequences. it's ok if you want to be timid, but don't shame others for helping restore order.
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jmull ◴[] No.42465773[source]
More plot holes! You think there are people looking to confront thieves in-person but are dissuaded by internet "shame"? Does no one have a sense of coherent narrative?

Of course, I can see you just wrote that as an indirect way to call me chicken (a bit timid yourself, no?), but can't you work out a better narrative considering the context?

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tonymet ◴[] No.42465904[source]
I don't know you but I can only speak to your position. In the DAP Model established by Team America, it is a P position. The Ps are in no position to criticize the Ds
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jmull ◴[] No.42466563[source]
Assuming you're an adult, aren't you a little embarrassed to be calling people pussies on the internet? I mean, come on. You can surely be better than that.
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1. tonymet ◴[] No.42467048[source]
No. that would also be a pussy position