Can we stop doing videos as news and opinion please? They're an inefficient, annoying, and intrusive way to communicate this kind of information. If it doesn't need to be visual, it is in video format only for monetization reasons, which I'd think would be more concerning to this community.
totallynotarobot
joined 1 year ago
Honestly I don't know, but worth adding to your list to look into I imagine. I know they have children's products, but I haven't had occasion to poke into that myself. You're still giving someone your (and your kid's) data, but if what you're looking for is an alternative to the Bluetooth tracking and mesh, and to Apple/Google, then solid GPS in comsumer devices seems like a good alternative product category to investigate.
Do let us know which way you go with this. It's annoying that you can't track your kid privately, I'd just never really thought about it before. Interested to see where you land!
Unfortunately most of the cheap trackers (airtags, tiles, etc) rely on networks of Bluetooth sniffing users, so less ubiquitous varieties will necessarily be less effective.
Even as privacy enthusiasts, my family and I have opted for Garmin products. Reliability in backwoods and off road situations is more important than privacy, and that calculation may apply to you even in urban settings given its a child you're talking about. It's a drag that you have to choose, but so it goes.
They use the crypto and shopping shit that Joe rogan or amazon.com recommend..
Say what you will about Social Darwinism, Dude, but at least it's an ethos.
Checked in - still a piece of shit.
Yakkity, ideally
Me too, I had no idea. Though I have been part of the old cranky crowd that resisted Libby as long as possible in favour of Overdrive.
Overdrive ain't great.
This was posted earlier:
https://karawynn.substack.com/p/the-coming-enshittification-of-public-libraries
I don't think it's really fair to blame the coconuts here...
"I was groggy and my cheeks were picked with gauze" could apply to either procedure, one with horrifying implications.