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It really blows my mind that Apple doesn’t offer this as a free service for owners of the phone. I mean can you imagine this as a selling point for parents alone?
Not sure what you’re talking about. Did you even read the article? It’s free and always has been. They’ve never even brought up a price.
The stories of people saved are marketing gold for Apple.
The only context to view their language (extending free year) is that they intend to switch to some form of a paid model i.e bundled or standalone.
I'm not commenting on whether that's good, or bad, just that it's clearly what they are planning on doing. Otherwise, they wouldn't use that specific language.
It’s called keeping your options open. I don’t expect it to go paid, ever.
Can you imagine the negative publicity if some family with little kids dies because it’s behind a paywall? Me neither. Won’t happen but it keeps their competitors off balance.