For me the importance is that it’s free - I wouldn’t even pay $5 a month for a service that I’d use in very unlikely situations probably once or twice a year.

They said it’s free for 2 years with any new purchase of iPhone since iPhone 14; and now they’ve extended it for 1 more year. No one has had to pay for any of it yet - and it’s unknown if/when/how it’ll be a paid service

I didn’t realise android did free SMS over satellite when there is no cellular connection

I agree, but Apple built this tech for their users, and for whatever reason people choose to use it.

Some people choose not to use it. So why expect Apple to open their walled garden? If all your friends are inside and they love the flowers, maybe the answer isn’t to ask for free flowers from inside, but either go in yourself or choose to stay outside without the flowers?

Isn’t this like going to someone’s house and not liking their cooking, and then demanding they order pizza for you to accommodate what you want?

Just use WhatsApp / email?

I thought the point of Android was that we don’t like to conform to the walled garden. Why is there such an obsession with jumping Apple’s fence? Might as well get an iPhone then

Media Matters should just fold and phoenix into a new company. LOL

Classic case of design by committee.

I see why they are “former” Apple designers.

I agree with this in principle.

However this would only make Apple stronger and android weaker.

Apple already does 6 years of updates, whereas android manufacturers are lucky to provide 2 years. Imposing such terms of android manufacturers will make them leave the market - thus reducing competition.

The alleged is probably more a policy thing.

Like where does the organisation draw the line between “obviously guilty” and “obviously not guilty” - there has to be a bar set somewhere. And right now, it is the legal definition.

This is the interesting thing about looking hot. It brings its own host of problems; serious problems they aren’t really acknowledged by society at large because of apparent privilege.

Using this same logic, Hamas must not want Israel gone; because they are still there

One touches children. The other does not.

It’s probably near carbon neutral as each dead person removes a lot of carbon load.

Probably so people click the link more often to find out what it’s about - which Musk then can take to publishers and say “look how much traffic we generated for you”

The idea that every manufacturer has the same problems, and that whilst this is not good, Apple is more across it than many other companies.

Survivorship bias.

Always on portrait mode is a killer feature for me 😄

This seems pretty reasonable to me - just because someone gets a parking ticket doesn’t mean they should get their government benefits cut off

Singapore.