So it sounds like Google went for more privacy than expected, making the trackers less useful, but making it less likely to reveal other people’s location.
The article says all phones Android 9 and up are in on the network.
But I was under the impression that enrollment in the network was still rolling out? Anyone have details on the current state?
To me, this just sounds like the network isn’t rolled out fully yet (or that NYC residents don’t use Android, which seems suspect) rather than a failing of the device itself.
Been using it for a bit now with the new pebblebee and chipolo trackers. Support is extended back to Android 9, but that definitely does not mean people are actively contributing to it. You have to log in to your Google account again. Then, based on my prior location settings, Find My was off and my offline tracking was off. There’s only a subtle permission nag at the top of your list of devices. I would be willing to bet a not insignificant number of folks will setup offline support with only the lowest level of tracking/contributing. A lot of folks won’t even know they haven’t completely activated it.
It’s not as forced “opt out” as Apple’s network, and you have slightly more granular controls for how much you want to share. It’s going to take a bit longer for it to match the accuracy of Apple’s network in North America, but it’s already giving me pings with better updates than Tile’s network.
It could very well be the case.
tl;dr? Article is too long.
Apple network is not super reliable either. I’ve seen videos of people using them in crowded cities and you’ll only ever get a ping every couple of hours.
I thought the Apple network and the new Android network work together? Meaning it just work just as well as an apple tag
Fuck me, ads much?
Time to set connect to open all urls in Firefox.
What do you mean; is “connect” some sort of URL-filtering service?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kuroneko.lemmy_connect&hl=en_US
It’s a really nice Lemmy app. Open source as well iirc.
Interesting. Can you comment/post using it, though? The description makes it out to be just a reader app.
Yes, it’s fully featured. No bugs that I am aware of.
I can’t find anything about this actually being open-source, so I’m inclined to stick to Boost for Lemmy by Mayayo…
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Was there an advert for Age of War in the article that made your script include it here randomly?
