Parade du Grotesque đ on Nostr: Apple paid a cool USD 400 million to acquire 20% of Globalstar AND paid them USD 1.1 ...
Apple paid a cool USD 400 million to acquire 20% of Globalstar AND paid them USD 1.1 billion, in advance, to beef up their infrastructure. Which means Globalstar is now on the market to launch up to 300+ satellites in LEO. Urgh.
All of this to allow people to, I kid you not, send emojis and iMessages when not connected to a GSM network.
OK, it can also be used to send SOS messages, but seriously? Is this worth polluting the sky even more? (Google, of course, is following close behind).
All of this to allow people to, I kid you not, send emojis and iMessages when not connected to a GSM network.
OK, it can also be used to send SOS messages, but seriously? Is this worth polluting the sky even more? (Google, of course, is following close behind).