I just don’t get how they are going to go about charging for this service.
“We understand you have a broken leg, lost 50 miles from the closest road, the temperature is about to drop below freezing and you spotted the same bear 5 times, but you have not paid for this service”
Like can you pay for it with Apple Pay when you realize you need help and don’t have the service?
My guess is the service might come with Apple Care and each phone gets the service for 6 months to a year.
Maybe Apple can get your life insurance carrier to cover it for you? However, insurance might not want to find the body right away and keep that 5% coming in for an extra year for that $1,000,000 they owe your family.
I have an on-off emergency beacon that I turn on before I do canoe trips in the BWCA. It is my responsibility to understand the risks of wilderness travel and take reasonable precautions to mitigate those risks where appropriate.
In my opinion, this is one of the last bastions of true self-responsibility and self-reliance in modern society.
So paying for the service ahead of time and testing it before I leave is part of my pre-trip process.
Apple selling phones with this capability does not mean they are taking responsibility for the safety of everyone in the wilderness with one of these phones.
I just don’t get how they are going to go about charging for this service.
“We understand you have a broken leg, lost 50 miles from the closest road, the temperature is about to drop below freezing and you spotted the same bear 5 times, but you have not paid for this service”
Like can you pay for it with Apple Pay when you realize you need help and don’t have the service?
My guess is the service might come with Apple Care and each phone gets the service for 6 months to a year.
Maybe Apple can get your life insurance carrier to cover it for you? However, insurance might not want to find the body right away and keep that 5% coming in for an extra year for that $1,000,000 they owe your family.
I have an on-off emergency beacon that I turn on before I do canoe trips in the BWCA. It is my responsibility to understand the risks of wilderness travel and take reasonable precautions to mitigate those risks where appropriate.
In my opinion, this is one of the last bastions of true self-responsibility and self-reliance in modern society.
So paying for the service ahead of time and testing it before I leave is part of my pre-trip process.
Apple selling phones with this capability does not mean they are taking responsibility for the safety of everyone in the wilderness with one of these phones.