My housemate keeps losing their keys, so I bought them these AirTag dupes that are better value
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Cheap, USB-C rechargeable AirTag clones are another data point that BLE tracking is fully commoditized — the margin is in ecosystem lock-in, not hardware. For consumer and enterprise asset tracking, differentiation has to come from software, privacy posture, and integration, not the tag itself.
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