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
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Imo, such trackers aren’t useful for that. No other phone will report in which forest the dog is
Exactly right, anyone recommending those doesn’t understand how they work.
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.
Seconded. And the more populated the area, the better the tracking is/will be.
You are basically paying them to have a sim card connected to cellular. It’s the same way with vehicle/trailer trackers.
There appear to be some on Ali express that you have to get your own cell service.
Some SIM costs 10€ and lasts for 10 years with 500MB (1NCE) that for a tracker are a lot! (Maybe not enough for 10 years, but some year is still a very good deal.)
What’s with the space in the nick? I don’t know how to cite you! Have a look at my answer to rbesfe.
We used this when we had cats: https://tabcat.com
It’s expensive up front but works pretty well and no hosting fees. Of course it’s not GPS so you kinda gotta know the general area the cat is in. But it was great for getting the cats in out of the yard. They would hide when it was time to come in until we got this. Worked ok for finding them in the neighborhood as well, just walked around pointing the remote everywhere. The collar tags are nice and small as well.
