Apple Watch National Park celebration launches with Messages stickers for participants
Apple has launched a celebration of America's national parks, with awards and stickers for Messages inspired by national parks for workout rewards.
On July 15, Apple Watch users that complete a walk, run, or wheelchair workout of 3.5 miles will get the award and the stickers. The distance was selected, as the 3.5 miles matches a hike from Old Faithful to Mallard Lake in Yellowstone National Park.
"America's national parks are an inspiration to us at Apple, and we know they are as important to many of our customers as they are to us," said Apple's CEO Tim Cook. "Our goal is to leave the world better than we found it, so this July we're making it easier for anyone to help preserve the beauty of our natural, cultural and historical treasures."
From July 1 through 15, Apple is donating $1 to the National Park Foundation for every purchase made with Apple Pay at any Apple Store or through the Apple Store app in the United States. Proceeds will support the National Park Foundation's mission to help protect and preserve national parks through conservation projects and other initiatives.
On July 15, Apple Watch users that complete a walk, run, or wheelchair workout of 3.5 miles will get the award and the stickers. The distance was selected, as the 3.5 miles matches a hike from Old Faithful to Mallard Lake in Yellowstone National Park.
"America's national parks are an inspiration to us at Apple, and we know they are as important to many of our customers as they are to us," said Apple's CEO Tim Cook. "Our goal is to leave the world better than we found it, so this July we're making it easier for anyone to help preserve the beauty of our natural, cultural and historical treasures."
From July 1 through 15, Apple is donating $1 to the National Park Foundation for every purchase made with Apple Pay at any Apple Store or through the Apple Store app in the United States. Proceeds will support the National Park Foundation's mission to help protect and preserve national parks through conservation projects and other initiatives.
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But without an additional $11B in funding, the increase in prices and fees in necessary. Without it the strains of Joni Mitchell and visions of Silent Running rave in my head.
I'm also happy to see Apple doing this, though I wish it applied to purchases made at the App Store, in some manner.
To me this is similar to the problem with the USPS. Last I knew they were still losing money every quarter, sometimes billions of dollars per quarter. It's ridiculous. The cost to send mail rarely goes up and when it does it's a pittance. Meanwhile, just their fuel costs have easily doubled since I was a kid, probably closer to tripled. And I bet all postal employees have gotten raises along the way, etc. The simple solution is to raise the cost of sending mail and they could do it just to the break even point.
If people/companies start sending less mail then scale back the operation.
Of course if you just keep the People out, less funding would be necessary. Yeah, that's the ticket.