Tile

Raised as a usability problem by 8 people on Hacker News over 14 years (2011–2024), in 7 threads.

People raised many different problems with Tile, but no single problem has yet been raised by 3 people in 3 different months and threads.

Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.

The newest 8 complaints

Map resets to old location and find flow times out with no clear location feedback2024-05-14
Arrow only points in two directions, so users waste time searching on the wrong floor2024-04-08
Play Services error pop-up blocks the app, leaving only the option to close it2023-08-06
Tile app was horrible and the tracker never actually worked2021-08-10
App's UI is hostile to customers and uses dark patterns2021-04-20
Find phone button is too big and easy to press accidentally2019-12-17
Find-your-phone feature activates by accident in pockets, embarrassingly2019-12-16
No visible feedback on click; user double-clicks because nothing happens, details appear elsewhere2011-01-25