Suddenly "you're imagining "Elon Haters" being angry at Apple"
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"well you started it"
So it does exist? Great.
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Elon Musk's SpaceX to Launch Satellites for Apple's Emergency SOS Feature on iPhones
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"well you started it"
So it does exist? Great.
I believe his name is on the patent because he owned the company that applied for it. I assume that the actual developers are listed in the patent as contributors. But Elon owns it.
I'll admit to not being familiar with the specifics. I was speaking in general terms.
Like they hate Samsung whenever they know their shiny new iPhone has display, memory and some other parts are made by Samsung.
Ok great.
Just FYI: Tesla has hundreds (perhaps over a thousand) patents. Elon is listed as an inventor only a few of them. Elon has literally invented at least one thing. This proves "Elon hasn’t invented anything himself." false.
oh sure, everyone has a satellite dish on their house and we all spend so much time on boats and cruise ships and we’re all spending most of our days thinking about satellites and talking about satellite dish technology. very common stuff. this isn’t you scrambling to make a point to defend the weird man you’re obsessed with, this is a normal thing we all think about.
Conversation went from naming one elon product (which I successfully did)
to questioning if it is a product (it is)
to questioning how much time we spend on starlink (never made that assertion, i only stated it'll be "everywhere")
It's funny that the goal post keeps moving. You're trying really hard to find any way to score a dunk on Elon. Talk about obsession.
Have a good one.
Not really getting the interest in this.
To me if his org controlled the tech that was being delivevered then yes. more interested.
He's a delivery boy in this instance. Nothing to see here.. walk on.
To me if his org controlled the tech that was being delivevered then yes. more interested.
He's a delivery boy in this instance. Nothing to see here.. walk on.
oh for sure, you can confidently tell yourself that you came out on top in another exchange online where you felt personally offended and were compelled to defend a billionaire sex criminal from criticism. which is normal person stuff btw, i’m the weird one who’s obsessed.
Weird how some are taking sides like Tim Cook only does things because the government makes him, but Elon Musk does it out of the goodness of his heart. They both run large companies and would both like to avoid government intervention. Of course, this forum is just another social media, and the arguments get views, so hence the title saying “Elon Musk’s SpaceX” when simply SpaceX would make sense. We are all being played.
Well I never said that Elon didn't invent anything. Someone else must have. I was making a different point; that just having his name on the patent doesn't mean he did the design himself. That's it.
You responded to my post where I was talking to the person who said "Elon hasn’t invented anything himself.". I showed he did.
I don't know what you want from me.
It is extremely useful to the people who use it and fit within its geographic area. Just because it's rolling out slowly right now, doesn't mean "it's no good". This is the start of the democratisation of this functionality. It won't be long before every handset has this capability and the ridiculous prices people have been charged in the past for dedicated devices and subscription plans are a thing of the past....and there'll be a fit for purpose network to support operations going forward.
In similar vain to your Central Asia story, I work within emergency services in Australia and there's been many times in my career where the Iridium phone was all but useless.
Then why did you reply at all if you didn't want anything from me? This is ridiculous.
Have a good one.
I’m totally fed up of seeing all the point line in the sky at night because of that satellites…
And the service requires an iPhone 14, which is not universal. For some, it may be an additional excuse to upgrade.
This feature, which is currently free, and might save my life one day? Yeah, that's so stupid.
You make it sounds like people are being irresponsible for putting themselves into danger. All it takes is a twisted ankle while on a hike, or having your car break down on a road trip.
What about the millions of people who pass through dead zones while on road trips, or while on casual day hikes within the United States? This seems like a great product for them. But you say, "It's no good"???
NASA is launch stuff all the time. The Artemis mission to the moon is years away, but they still launch satellites.
Are you unhappy with Apple's performance since Tim took over?
I’m thinking that maybe Apple will be including satellite texting in the September event. The event is “Wanderlust” so it would be a good fit.
