One of the big losers that big technology companies (Apple and Samsung) have decided betting on your own location beacons is Tile, the first company to launch them on the market more than 5 years ago. The first rumors that pointed to Apple's interest in creating its own beacons did not sit well with Tile.
After almost a year of rumors, Apple yesterday presented its own location beacons dubbed AirTag and unsurprisingly, Tile CEO CJ Prober, has not taken time to express his impressions in this regard, according to TechCrunch.
Ahead of Apple's hearing with Congress today on the monopoly allegations, Tile claims that you are concerned that Apple favors your product in a way that is detrimental to Tile-like products.
In recent months, Apple has been under close scrutiny by the authorities American for the alleged monopoly techniques that surround it, being Tile, together with Epic Games, the two largest companies that are pulling the strings.
To heal in health, just as it reduced the commission from 30% to 15% of developers who generate less than 1 million dollars, Apple also you have opened your Search application to third-party products, but at the moment it is not clear if Tile plans to integrate its product into this service, something that it has announced Chipolo with his One Spot beacon.
Most likely, bow your head and integrate this new serviceSince it is not limited to Apple beacons, in theory, it should not affect sales, beyond those users who prefer Apple beacons to Tile beacons.
CJ Prober, CEO of Tile, states in the statement made public after the announcement of the AirTags that:
We welcome competition, as long as it is fair competition. Unfortunately, given Apple's well-documented history of using its platform advantage to unfairly limit competition for its products, we are skeptical.
And given our past history with Apple, we think it's entirely appropriate for Congress to take a closer look at specific Apple business practices for entry into this category.
