[antonf]

> you can do pretty much the same with Google Pixel and more.

Can you? According to apple website, “AirTag is designed to keep going more than a year on a standard battery you can easily replace”. Pixel probably wouldn’t last even a week.

[1] https://www.apple.com/airtag/

[twawaaay]

As I mentioned, that might not be a problem at all. If you can put it there once, you can probably take it out every week or two, charge it and replace it. Or replace the powerbank it is hooked up to.

Not all surveillance needs to be constant and long term. If you are curious what your wife does during lunchtime or what is your coworkers address it might be enough to get it running for couple of hours.

[jvolkman]

Or, instead of all of that, you could just pick up a $30 AirTag off the shelf at Target.