▲ 97 ▼ Apple extends Emergency SOS via satellite for an additional free year for existing iPhone 14 users (www.apple.com) submitted 2 years ago by LazaroFilm@lemmy.world to c/apple_enthusiast@lemmy.world 40 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] randombullet@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago (2 children) Oh like the GPS system? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago GPS is a US military system entirely payed for by taxpayers, that just spams out pings to any device listening. Civilian end users can’t transmit to it. And it wasn’t freely available to civilians for years, until the Korean Airlines Flight 007 was shot down in 1993 by the Soviets due to a navigational error causing them to drift into Soviet airspace. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago That's not funded by a private company, it's taxpayer funded. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago GPS is a US military system entirely payed for by taxpayers, that just spams out pings to any device listening. Civilian end users can’t transmit to it. And it wasn’t freely available to civilians for years, until the Korean Airlines Flight 007 was shot down in 1993 by the Soviets due to a navigational error causing them to drift into Soviet airspace. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago That's not funded by a private company, it's taxpayer funded. permalink fedilink source parent