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@JorgeStolfi @Gerego @brianstorms @rodhilton He might have contributed to the initial "vision". He's got a lot of pipe-dreams, and like a broken clock is bound to be right twice a day, I could imagine the idea of a short-lived low-orbit sattelite-network for Internet to be one of the crazy ideas which turned out to be actually doable. I think it's clear from other toots I'm by no means a fanboy. Just trying to stay objective. 11 comments
@JorgeStolfi @th0r5t3n @Gerego @brianstorms @rodhilton  @JorgeStolfi Also, he lied A LOT to get funding, like how the real purpose was magnanimously to provide third world internet. Yeah, no. This is a "Comcast sucks" competitor, he never intended to deploy this usefully anywhere unprofitable - he just knows what to say to get people to give him money. Same with the tunnels, he killed real and good public transit intiatives for a very stupid idea that basically became "subways, but private."  @reneestephen @JorgeStolfi @th0r5t3n @Gerego @rodhilton By all means, now document what telcos have done for years in terms of laying out careful PR promises of a rosy internet future for all, and receiving billions in taxpayer money for "rural high bandwidth" that's never been delivered, or the staggering amount of money Big Oil gets from taxpayers in terms of subsidies and abandoned well cleanup by the govt while Big Oil laughs all the way to the bank. Then there's the Pentagon... @brianstorms Sure? Governments being captured by wealthy companies in any form is bad. No argument there! Billionaires: bad. @reneestephen @JorgeStolfi @th0r5t3n @Gerego @rodhilton Paul McCartney: bad? @brianstorms Interesting you had to stick to just the entertainment industry to try to make your point! The vast majority of billionaires are *not* from this industry and are people whose names you do not know. But if you think Hollywood and record labels haven't done some deeply shitty things, I have a whole handful of overtime and safety labour laws in destination locations to sell you, and the names of people maimed or killed on sets as a chaser. @reneestephen @JorgeStolfi @th0r5t3n @Gerego @rodhilton Ok, have a nice day @brianstorms @reneestephen @JorgeStolfi @th0r5t3n @Gerego @rodhilton @Cleopatra Ooh that was a great watch, thank you! @brianstorms @JorgeStolfi @th0r5t3n @Gerego @rodhilton  @reneestephen @JorgeStolfi @th0r5t3n @Gerego @brianstorms @rodhilton Also Starlink has already largely ruined astronomy, and it's only going to get worse. |
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Starlink is certainly "doable", like Iridium was. The big question is whether it will be a profitable enterprise. Starlink is not a public company so we cannot tell what the market thinks about that...