Agreed here. Frequently people charge these near where they sleep and the failure mode is... sudden. Couches and beds tend to be really good kindling too.
Urgency in this case is probably warranted.
The writing in this story is not accurate. Iran isn't turning it off for the country. They are talking about switching government services to use receivers that use Beidou as primary source of timing and maybe selectively turn off using GPS on those devices.
I read the article. This is what the “debate” is:
Experts: This is objectively horrible, and does not replace human interaction, and is probably harmful.
Meta: This is awesome and therapeutic. Now give us monies!