• enkers@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    I heard twitter X was the true bastion of free speech. Maybe try there?

    The satellite loss is expected and has been discussed pretty thoroughly already. The larger story, to me, is that that the whole starlink project is haemorrhaging money and it’s still being subsidized by taxpayer money, with little likelihood of ever turning a profit.

    Edit: why am I being downvoted, lol?

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      1 year ago

      I like how you’re downvoted for speaking about the actual issue.

      300 low earth orbit satellites that were designed to be temporary out of a fleet of 5000.

      But “private company, operated by billionaire who opposes raising taxes on his bracket, wants YOUR tax money to keep his business afloat”. How’s that for clickbait, lol

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      1 year ago

      Somewhere Bill Gates is a happy man watching Elon repeat his past mistakes with Teledesic