I think it's a standard case of people suing the one who has money. Stalkers don't have much (if any) money. Apple has much money. It's a dumb lawsuit IMO, but there's generally no penalty for frivolous or misplaced lawsuits (and this is probably on the border where it's dumb but not frivolous).

I wonder if Apple could give an option for the anti stalking to android. If they could but they aren't, that could be an argument that they are making stalking easier to promote their ecosystem.

If the court certified a class of people alleging a claim against Apple based on damages incurred as a result of the AirTag products, the case, at the very least, deserves to be heard on its merits.

I don’t think it’s unreasonable that something like this would go to trial. The questions of what statutes, if any, has Apple violated and what liability Apple should hold deserve to be answered in a court of equity.

Now whether the final ruling will be fair and just depends on your view of our system of civil courts and the doctrine of stare decisis.

Think of it this way; if the court agrees with you, then there is precedent set that implies corporations may not have liability under a set of circumstances similar to the ones described in this article. There are broader implications of the question that go beyond Apple.

I know how much this community looooves to shit in Apple, but this case is completely asinine.

It's so dumb how people say "this community" and they it on every community. It's not a specific community; it's people in general.

As someone who’s ex kept me in misery for several years without one, I respectfully disagree.

Apples "airtags" are proprietary

What, you actually expect cops to... *reads quote under painted seal on the side of the police cruiser

..."protect and serve?" What are you, crazy? They've got their pension to worry about!

A lot of cops are abusers.

I was on a small lunch cruise this summer and after like an hour or so, my android 11 phone pinged me that it detected an unknown airtag following me. Fairly sure by now most would have that functionality.

You mean other iPhone users? You are not a person if you don't buy an iPhone.

Google and Samsung had to build and rollout safety features because Apple didn't care for Android users.

Right?

Seems more like a case of survivorship bias. AirTags get the news because they get caught more often than something like a Tile that does not alert people.