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Apple extends Emergency SOS via satellite for an additional free year for existing iPhone 14 users (www.apple.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago (2 children)

The only context to view their language (extending free year) is that they intend to switch to some form of a paid model i.e bundled or standalone.

I'm not commenting on whether that's good, or bad, just that it's clearly what they are planning on doing. Otherwise, they wouldn't use that specific language.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

The language was present when they initially launched the iPhone 14 saying that service is free for 2 years. Nothing has changed with this announcement except it potentially being a paid feature being pushed back.

See: https://web.archive.org/web/20220917013039/https://www.apple.com/iphone/

Under "Which iPhone is right for you?", scroll down to the "Emergency SOS via satellite (3)", click the link and it scrolls to the 3rd footnote stating:

Available in November 2022. Service is included for free for two years with the activation of any iPhone 14 model. Connection and response times vary based on location, site conditions, and other factors. See apple.com/iphone-14 or apple.com/iphone-14-pro for more information.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

It’s called keeping your options open. I don’t expect it to go paid, ever.

Can you imagine the negative publicity if some family with little kids dies because it’s behind a paywall? Me neither. Won’t happen but it keeps their competitors off balance.