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They should include it for free with Apple One or iCloud. I probably wouldn't pay for this separately.
Amen to that, why would the average Joe get this as a separate subscription? They’re not giving us more GB in the plans, so at least give that to the public. I’m on an iPhone 11 but I support everyone else getting it.
And honestly with as little as most people would use it, I don’t see why they couldn’t offer it as a part of Apple One even if they add a limit to number of uses or something like that so the people that actually would subscribe still have an incentive to
limit the number of uses on an urgent emergency feature?
Also posted this elsewhere in this thread. With Garmin you pay €19.99 for this per month*. That is almost as expensive as all of Apple One. Probably Apple can let scale play in their favor, but offering satellite coverage is not a rounding error.
* https://support.garmin.com/en-US/?faq=Z0mdgyBwqaAHP4QLy78UcA
With Garmin you pay ~$20/mo for a very different service. I use inreach to send and receive text messages to family when I'm offroading. I can send them locations I'm at, casual chats, and check in that I'm OK.
I fully expect Apple to offer these same things soon, but for now inReach has a different value prop that's a lot better.
I'm keeping my inreach + subscription because it's my redundancy in case my phone shits the bed.
For the purpose of an emergency rescue out in the bush, I'd prefer something a lot more robust than a smartphone.
The inreach is built like a tank and the battery just doesn't die.
I use a spot device and have a plan I can turn on and off for trips. It’s $15 to have it on for one month.
too bad apple on is a trash program.
How? I find it great. Too bad you included nothing but a vague, unsupported statement.
I gave facts. You need support, the mental kind, if you pay for apple one.
Still looking for any single reason that you think it's trash. Legends say you're still trying to think of one. What facts have you provided? Your comment was "it's a trash program". I asked why, you spew some more nonsense...
really made you think, huh? wonder why?
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