I heard of an item tracking device quite a while ago that let you replace the battery yourself. I can't remember the brand, but I think it was Motorola or LG or something.
Thanks, Ari > On Feb 3, 2017, at 8:45 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: > > I’m a bit late to this discussion, but while this sounds pretty cool at > first, it’s in my opinion also a money grab and privacy collector. After I > read about the Tile I realized that it’s basically yet another subscription > since the battery in these things is supposed to last about a year after > which you have to buy a new Tile since the battery can’t be recharged or > replaced. Yes, they say they sell you consequent Tiles at a discount, but if > you have a few of them it still works out to another $4 or $6 or even more a > months. I think many people nowadays don’t realize how much we pay each > months for renewing the things we need and want. Start with the big things we > all need like rent/mortgage payments, then food, utilities and your monthly > phone/internet bill which are now considered essential services. Then there > is your TV even if all you have is a Netflix subscription, then most of us > have some sort of music subscription like Apple Music or Spotify, then many > of us nowadays have some sort of software which requires an annual software > maintenance agreement or we may subscribe to various software on a monthly or > annual bases like Office 365, KNFB Reader etc. Then there are the small > things like maybe a bit of extra iCloud Storage, optional devices like maybe > a Ring Video Doorbell and on and on. > Secondly it appears that when you install the Tiles app and start using it, > you give the company permission to collect data about the movement of your > Tile which, if you put one on your phone or keys means your movement and to > use said data any which way they like including to share or sell it to third > parties. I guess you could argue that your phone already collects this data > except when you have an iPhone you can turn this or some of this off, you > could choose to turn off your phone completely if you don’t want to be > tracked and, at least in the case of Apple, I trust them the most that they > aren’t sharing this information with everybody who may want it. Apple unlike > Google does not make its money from gathering information about you which > they can then use to target you with ads, they make their money with devices > and services and given their stand on this in the past are probably one of > the companies who cares about privacy the most. > > Best regards, > Sieghard > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Andrew J. LaPointe > Sent: Friday, February 3, 2017 4:27 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Tiles and tile app? Not! > > Hi, yes, lets see how this pans out. The Tile is a good idea though as > long as you don’t loose it. It does not take much to loose something like > this. Andy and Shubert > > From: Mike Ulrich > Sent: Friday, February 03, 2017 5:21 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: Tiles and tile app? Not! > > I had a long talk with a Malware Bytes support person on the phone yesterday. > She told me that I would need a sighted person to help set up everything. I > told her I didn’t have that luxury. > I was very nice and gave her a long list of reasons Malware Bytes should > consider making this what seems great product, accessible. I would think it > so very simple to make both the app and website accessible. She gave me all > the answers we’ve heard before when it comes to advocating for better > accessibility on websites and apps. > > She said she understood the blind community’s complaints against non > accessibility, and that the company has had many complaints in the past. She > then said there should probably be an upcoming update to make the app more > accessible for blind users. > > So let’s see what happens. I did tell her that I’ll keep the app and the one > tile I did purchase from Amazon; and hope for this update to come out soon. > So I’ll give it a couple of months, and if it’s all hogwash, anyone wanna buy > a single stick on tile on the cheap? > I believe 9 out of 10 sightlings prefer it! LOL! > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Andrew J. LaPointe > Sent: Friday, February 03, 2017 5:01 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Tiles and tile app? Not! > > ` Hi, I got a tile for Christmas from my son. My son mentioned about the > Tile sometime in November and I downloaded the App to my I Phone. Well, > Accessibility was in the toilet. I have the Tile installed but, my son had > to install it. It works great but, with sighted help. Andy and Shubert > > From: Mike Ulrich > Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2017 3:57 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Tiles and tile app? 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