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minus-squaresparky@lemmy.federate.cc@lemmy.federate.cclinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoYes, it is free. But the only thing you can use it for is contacting emergency services.
minus-squareCustoslibera@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoIt’s free for 2 years. Then you get the full Tim Apple treatment.
minus-squareNogami@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down6·1 year agoTLDR. There’s no pricing after 2 years yet. Probably get 2 years with every phone purchase. I’d have no problem subscribing to it regardless. I have a family and little kids. I’d never even consider not paying for a service like that if it could save our lives.
minus-squaretraveler@lemdro.idlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoMy wild guess is that it will be integrated into an iCloud subscription. So you can only use it if subscribed to iCloud.
minus-squareNogami@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·1 year agoI would think it would be nominal. Stories like this are marketing gold and all it would take is one “Apple charges $$$ per year and we decided not to pay it so all of my kids died” story to ruin all of those warm fuzzies.
Yes, it is free. But the only thing you can use it for is contacting emergency services.
It’s free for 2 years.
Then you get the full Tim Apple treatment.
TLDR. There’s no pricing after 2 years yet.
Probably get 2 years with every phone purchase. I’d have no problem subscribing to it regardless.
I have a family and little kids. I’d never even consider not paying for a service like that if it could save our lives.
My wild guess is that it will be integrated into an iCloud subscription. So you can only use it if subscribed to iCloud.
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I would think it would be nominal.
Stories like this are marketing gold and all it would take is one “Apple charges $$$ per year and we decided not to pay it so all of my kids died” story to ruin all of those warm fuzzies.
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