As remarked by others this is likely so they can kill it off in the near future (in a couple of years) if it is an unmitigated disaster. It’s highly unlikely th

As remarked by others this is likely so they can kill it off in the near future (in a couple of years) if it is an unmitigated disaster. It’s highly unlikely they’ll make it into a subscription service because the optics could be so bad (“man dies of exposure after Apple declines credit card and disconnects satellite emergency service”).