Does anyone selfhost a tracker for a dog or cat? A reputable company charges 5€-13€ per month for it. I’m not sure I want to pay that for more than 10 years

  • friend_of_satan@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    1 year ago

    Not self-hosted, but an AirTag on a collar would be much cheaper than that subscription fee. You can find collars specifically for holding AirTags.

    • Display Name@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      102·
      1 year ago

      Imo, such trackers aren’t useful for that. No other phone will report in which forest the dog is

        • howlingecko@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          3·
          1 year ago

          OR anyone suggesting those lives in a city and doesn’t generally let their pets out near forests and therefore didn’t think of that use case.

      • Dreadino@feddit.itEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        In a forest, away from humans, under trees, you won’t have a signal to send SMSs or get a data connection either.

          • Dreadino@feddit.itEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            It’s not, it’s just that forests are really bad for phone signals. Trees disrupting the signal, valleys and sides of mountains with no direct view of antennas and just remoteness in general. I’ve been in a lot of forests with no cell reception, that’s why you always go with an offline map and tell someone where you are going.

            It’s not a case that one of the leading phone company in the world has a satellite emergency mode.