PivotalPosture t1_j6kinn6 wrote on January 30, 2023 at 11:42 PM

Nothing comes out perfect. People just like to shit on Apple. They’ll get it right, even though it already is

Funny-Property-5336 t1_j6ks3vt wrote on January 31, 2023 at 12:50 AM

Apple is a shit company making shit products. You are just a fanboy.

— Sent from my iPhone.

bleucheeez t1_j6n2z93 wrote on January 31, 2023 at 2:36 PM

Partly true. But the criticism so far is fair and all factual.

Apple seemingly didn't collect sufficient test data for these very common scenarios. The rollout was premature. And as typical for Apple, they didn't ask for anyone else's buy-in before including the feature. This news article indicates multiple counties with 15-20 false calls a day due to iPhone crash detection, and zero actual emergencies. Getting a call from emergency services while I'm bombing a run or slaying pow will definitely kill my fun. Missing that call costs precious emergency resources for the local responders.

There should be geographic blackout areas. Or allow local emergency services to ask Apple to disable crash detection in an area. Or send push notification asking the user whether they would like to disable.

I had an iPhone SE (2nd gen) for a while. Even on that thing, several times when the phone would lag or freeze, I ended up calling emergency services. They made a poor design choice on their GUI for that too.

rakehellion t1_j6nba37 wrote on January 31, 2023 at 3:33 PM

No, there should not be geographic blackout areas for emergency services. 🤦‍♂️

EsotericAbstractIdea t1_j6oq60b wrote on January 31, 2023 at 8:46 PM

The auto-dialing part has to go.

rakehellion t1_j6orspe wrote on January 31, 2023 at 8:56 PM

The auto-dialing is literally the whole point.

bleucheeez t1_j6p8t74 wrote on January 31, 2023 at 10:43 PM

I can't foresee how the pros outweigh the cons for auto-dial high speed crash detection devices inside of a known theme park or in a ski resort inbounds. Please enlighten me.

rakehellion t1_j6pgwc8 wrote on January 31, 2023 at 11:37 PM

Pros: Save someone's life.

Cons: Someone says "It was an accident" and hangs up.

EsotericAbstractIdea t1_j6opywx wrote on January 31, 2023 at 8:45 PM

I'd be ok with it if it didn't also text me a lie when it did a false call for my mom.

"CRASH DETECTED SOS

Your Mom called emergency services from this approximate location after iPhone detected a crash."

No... the iPhone called 911 on its own after it fell on the ground. I sped across town because of that.