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Unless the government can seize Starlink's assets, or shut down/harm their operations, they can't really tell Starlink to do anything. E.g. if they can shoot do
by est31 6y ago
Unless the government can seize Starlink's assets, or shut down/harm their operations, they can't really tell Starlink to do anything. E.g. if they can shoot down satellites, they'd have influence.
This is especially true for economies that are as disconnected from the US as the Iranian one is.
The only thing a state has control over is payments from users. But if smuggling in transceiver equipment with pre paid traffic isn't that hard.
- rohit89 6y agoStarlink will need a license to broadcast in the country. And the dishes also need to transmit which will give away your position.
- est31 6y agoDishes don't have to transmit, only if you want an upload channel. It's entirely thinkable that important content like websites or feeds by important influencers is pushed to all users.