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

submitted 10 months ago by LazaroFilm@lemmy.world to c/apple_enthusiast@lemmy.world

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[–] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They're probably not paying per incident, because that model doesn't work. They're paying per authorized device.

[–] ozymandias117@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

A dedicated satellite device like inReach is $144/year for unlimited SOS and 10 standard text messages

I think you’re overestimating the cost of data

[–] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 2 points 10 months ago

Less than "unlimited" isn't meaningfully cheaper to provide. It's $144/year and not thousands per use exactly and exclusively because you can't buy it when you need it.

If you could buy it on demand, 99.999% of revenue disappears because there's no reason to pay for a subscription, and you have to massively raise the price per use for the service to break even.