This has nothing to with government services and everything to do with the fact that you are describing a situation that is nonsensical. > If Apple is going to

This has nothing to with government services and everything to do with the fact that you are describing a situation that is nonsensical. > If Apple is going to wade into one of these areas, they need to play by the rules of that public service, they can't just treat it like another business metric to compete with. Apple is not attempting to get in the business of running 911 call centers. They're sending an extra bit of data that call centers can choose to access. That's all. There is no "private competition" with the public service. This is no different than Apple supporting the Amber Alert system or AT&T providing your location to 911 services when they are able to. > Yes, do you understand how budgeting works in government? Do you? You're proposing that urban centers will see a drop in cost for 911 support (an outcome which by the way would be nice but is not supported by anything other than wild guesswork on your part) and then rural areas who have not experienced a drop in cost will lower their own budgets for some random reason. Why do imagine Bumblefuck, Arkansas is looking at New York City's 911 costs instead of their own?