AppleUfmyI

There are literally two Apple stores in my area
serving over 3 million people.  It’s nuts!!!  Every time I get a survey, I put in that they need to open more stores in our area.   They are doing the employee and customers a total disservice.  Lines are out the door and forget getting a repair without an appointment. 

Before AirTags released, Tile was prevented from running in the background one day which meant the app had to be open all the time in order to track. Then incessant warnings popped up that an app was location tracking in the background.  These are not bad alerts and brings awareness to “evil” app activity but also made Tile a lot more hassle to use.  AirTags are exempt from these alerts and limitations. Tile can’t just switch to Apple’s tracking solution because the hardware needs modification.  Competition is great but a simple discussion with Tile and some equitable treatment probably would have benefited both companies and consumers.  This scenario is similar to Microsoft adding utilities to Windows which wiped out whole software industries and led to eventual anti trust lawsuits.  I have both devices and the AirTag has further reach due to the tracking.  But Tiles can be shared which is great for pet tracking. 

I have a pair of Sure EC2 wired headphones that I spent a whopping $200 on 20 years ago and they still work great!   But my 5 year old AitPods are e-waste.  I am sure AirPods can be designed with battery packs that can be popped off an replaced.  I hate throwing perfect good AND EXPENSIVE equipment away.  Apple, you can do better especially since you are always claiming an amazing environmental record.  

And still I can’t share a tag on my dog with the family. Geez!!!   How long does it take to add something like this?   Lost dog has to be one of the popular use cases. 

Seems like a few people at Apple do not operate in the best interest of the company and thus make the whole organization look bad.   Why is that allowed to happen. Clean house and give credit.  The bounty is budget dust for Apple.