How is GPS free?

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GPS has made a major impact on our world. How is it a free service that anyone with a phone can access? How is it profitable for companies to offer services like navigation without subscription fees or ads?

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Anonymous 0 Comments

Your question was answered but your question isn’t accurate, not anymore. Reddit being world-wide and all.

[GNSS](https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=what+is+gnss) is today’s term concatenating global sat nav.

My cellphone currently(as of this post) accesses: GPS and GLONASS

My cellphone can potentially access:

GPS(US)

GLONASS(Russia)

Galileo(EU)

QZSS(Japan)

BeiDou(China)

IRNSS/NavIC(India)

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