[HN Gopher] Apple's Find My network now offers new third-party f...
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       Apple's Find My network now offers new third-party finding
       experiences
        
       Author : anaclet0
       Score  : 37 points
       Date   : 2021-04-07 16:59 UTC (6 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.apple.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.apple.com)
        
       | Tsiklon wrote:
       | This platform expansion looks like it's laying the groundwork for
       | the launch of Apple's own long rumoured Tile competitor
        
         | fireeyed wrote:
         | This ^. Apple is not doing this out of benevolence. They don't
         | to butt up against EU regulators and US courts. These are what
         | I call "lawyer features"
        
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       | arprocter wrote:
       | Reminded me of this recent HN submission -
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26342504
        
       | dhritzkiv wrote:
       | The ability to build on this seems to be limited to those in the
       | MFi certification program. Likely means you can't roll your own,
       | at least until third party chips/components that are certified
       | become available for integrating into small-scale hardware
       | projects.
       | 
       | Still, quite excited for new consumer accessories to support
       | this.
        
         | floatingatoll wrote:
         | Apple's guidelines for whether or not you need to join MFi:
         | https://mfi.apple.com/en/faqs.html
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         | To build _on_ this for other than personal use, you would
         | either need to purchase Find My microchips from someone who is
         | in the MFi program, or you would need to join the program
         | yourself if you intend to produce your own microchip
         | implementation of Find My.
         | 
         | For personal use, Apple truly doesn't care.
        
           | dhritzkiv wrote:
           | Thanks for clarifying. That's good.
           | 
           | Btw, your link didn't work for me, but I was able to find the
           | page here: https://mfi.apple.com/en/faqs.html
        
             | floatingatoll wrote:
             | Fixed
        
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