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Elon Musk's SpaceX to Launch Satellites for Apple's Emergency SOS Feature on iPhones
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Executive protections for Musk (the guy that claims to be homeless and sometimes sleep under his desk) and the President are worlds apart but again, you missed the point.
If your phone says SOS mode it means there’s another carrier that can be used to make an emergency call.
Not the satellites.
I’m specifically referring to the times when the satellite icon shows up next to SOS. In those instances, there are no other carriers available and your phone would be communicating through satellite.
Elon and his companies are separate. We can hate on Elon for being an arrogant "apple", but his companies are doing amazing work!
That was my first thought. It seems silly to pollute our skies with single-purpose satellites. There should be mandatory collaboration across industries. The advantage of this type of satellite is built-in redundancy. Unlike the old TV satellites that you had to point your dish at manually, these are essentially constellations consisting of hundreds or thousands of micro-satellites. Makes sense for them to be multi-purpose.
President has a line of succession and Elon has a line of succession. Elon is at the mercy of the board which can vote him out at any time. Literally answered your question on the dot.
Bringing up Elon claiming to be homeless is completely irrelevant to the topic and it's an awful attempt at trying to make a valid point IMO.
No it's you that completely missed the point. 🤦♂️
Have a good one.
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Quite often people separate Elon from the companies when they want to praise the work but often blame Elon when the companies are doing bad work.
Very odd.
Who said it's not meant to be standardized? What? You're putting words in my mouth. They are making it standardized. You're not making any sense at all. I think it's clear you didn't understand the argument.
He'll make less profit overall as it opens up the moat they used to have on EV charging (was almost a monopoly).
This is a nonsensical argument.
Just to say one thing regarding your question.
Whilst no one can argue that Tim has been great for someone focussed on generating money for the company, and keeping a tight grip on everything.
If Elon ran Apple (and one can argue about how good/bad that could be)
I would suggest it's would be a LOT more interesting.
I know having things stable and predictable is a good thing, I do miss the excitement of companies like Apple in their distant past when they were young, dynamic and willing to try new ideas.
A bit like cars of many decades ago, where they all looked so radically different and you either loved or hated the designs. Now it's all a bland mix with no company wanting to offend/put off anyone for fear of losing a few sales.
Apple paid a fortune for this. But i guess in a few years it’ll cost them a buck or two per compatible iPhone sold.
It might be. Only the 14 and 15 iPhones have the hardware and only those 14 and 15 phones in areas without cell coverage would be using satellites so the demand wouldn’t be extreme. Add in that more satellites are being launched soon, now may be the time to release it to grab attention. Plus you can use the old cell phone model of limiting the number of text messages per month so you don’t get a few people clogging the system.
Like “most people”?? I think you might be living in a bubble.
Most people are rational and recognize the amazing contributions Elon has made to humanity and at the very least, respect what he has accomplished; no different than how most people viewed Steve Jobs.
The irrational people are the ones who’ve never met him but hate him and engage in ad hominem attacks.
Musk angered some people when he came out in favor of free speech.
i can’t upvote this enough. survival training and preparation are crucial. One only need look at the tragedy of Julian Sands earlier this year. Amd he was an experienced hiker.
You mean like how Steve Jobs personally designed all the components for iPhone, iPad, etc. by himself?
Like what?
I’d say the opposite is true, look at all the troll posts in this thread of those who support him. Most people don’t like him because he isn’t a good person, you know, we have ethics and morals.
Tesla had an Apple like UX. Then the Christmas 2021 update made most of the icons look like kiddie android crap.
I meant the Apple Music app is designed by Apple. The rest of the UI is.....questionable, and looks like stock Android icons.
Reading about the service or trying the demo would tell you the service wasn’t available in your location, thanks for the rant 😂
That’s important to some who live in a icky fantasy world.
oh totally. another musk fan getting personally offended when they’re confronted with reality, but i’m irrational. 🙄
And which device has a crash feature? How do I know an EPIRB is going to work in, say, Central Asia? I was just on a month long trip in AK/BC with several people using inReachs and this would seem to be similar. Battery life if a big issue though with an iPhone.