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Re:Apple: Emergency SOS via satellite available today (US an... by Johnny555 on Tuesday November 15, 2022 @03:53PM (#33614869)
They're going to lose the people like me anyway when phones can send a SOS by satellite, so their revenue from me will either go to $0 and I'll sell my InReach on eBay, or they can get some small amount of revenue (enough to cover the administrative costs of registering the device) from me.
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Re:Apple: Emergency SOS via satellite available today (US an... by lxgr on Tuesday November 15, 2022 @04:06PM (#33615011)
Good point – now that the iPhone has satellite SOS, the market has changed, and the pure SOS use case has become a lot less compelling.

Some users still prefer a standalone device, want P2P messaging functionality (until Apple adds that, too), or need coverage beyond Globalstar – I'd be curious to see how much of the market that is, in the end.

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