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

  • 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.