> This is a place for a generic open protocol.
Not sure if you've seen but Apple opened the Find-My network to other vendors: https://www.apple.com/ee/newsroom/2021/04/apples-find-my-net...
Not sure if you've seen but Apple opened the Find-My network to other vendors: https://www.apple.com/ee/newsroom/2021/04/apples-find-my-net...
Apple's marketing must train in the Matrix for how good they are at dodging bullets...
I'm able to see both sides. We all like free things, but free things cost some body some thing some where. If the vendor/maker of a thing needs to pay a license to make it look free to the consumer, that doesn't seem egregious to me. After all, they'll just roll that into the price of the product.
The entire thing works so well precisely because there are so many Apple devices in the wild, and Apple is looking to capitalize on that.
But think about it, how am I wrong? We set these companies up, by law, to put profit first, then hope they also do the right thing.
Those are misaligned incentives at the very least.
If they don't provide the network: what value do the tags, you bought with money, provide?
If you buy from 3rd party and 3rd party doesn’t pay Apple, why should Apple provide the network?
Are there third party tracking device manufacturers with free access to these systems?
Are you talking about stolen or bootleg goods?
The latter is a much more complicated topic, for sure.
What more information do you need?
My first response to the first version of that loaded question: "_I wasn't saying they should_..."
You respond with: "If Company A builds a product/service, why should Company B be expected to utilize Company A's work without compensation?"
Am I to believe you're being genuine here? Should I really repeat myself again, in text, to save you a scroll up?
I didn't say that. I never implied that. I stated the exact opposite.
Why are you asking me to rationalize and explain a stance I've never taken, and don't have?