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They’re taking people’s money and promising a service they don’t yet know they will even be able to provide (e.g. if they don’t receive the license). That’s dis
by basisword 5y ago
They’re taking people’s money and promising a service they don’t yet know they will even be able to provide (e.g. if they don’t receive the license). That’s dishonest. It’s not a preorder in this case - more of a kickstarter.
- legolas2412 5y agoOn par with what Elon musk does for FSD. American regulators do not care.
- jessriedel 5y agoAll pre-orders have the possibility of not being fulfilled. SpaceX is a lot more capitalized than a random start-up or a kickstarter, so they are significantly more likely than a typical pre-order of delivering the product and of issuing refunds if they can't deliver. So I think you just have to have an objections to the vast majority of pre-orders in general if you have a problem with this. And if so, focusing on Starlink is clickbait and/or disingenuous.
- basisword 5y ago>> SpaceX is a lot more capitalized than a random start-up or a kickstarter, so they are significantly more likely than a typical pre-order of delivering the product In this case that’s not true. They don’t have control over whether or not the government approves them. A preorder should be deliverable bar some extreme unpredictable circumstance occurring.
- camhart 5y agoI disagree. Their product is already functioning. It's not a kickstarter. How is this dishonest? The only dishonest thing would be the government not allowing it for some unethical reason.
- teh_infallible 5y agoFrom the Indian government’s point of view, taking preorders might be seen as kind of a snub, like, “Your approval is just a rubber stamp we will get eventually.”
- shlurpy 5y agoCaring about this sort of thing sounds like some toxic masculinity grandstanding childishness. So it makes sense that politicans would.
- pm90 5y agoIt’s in any Governments interest to vet new technology or services from multinational corporations before they are allowed to take money from its citizenry. SpaceX is not Governed by Indian law; so it’s pretty reasonable for them to be extra conservative when dealing with new kinds of services.
- shlurpy 5y agoThat's sensible, I agree. My response was to "feeling snubbed for allowing preorders", which is childish.
- phatfish 5y agoIt seems more like a publicity stunt that Elon can use for childish "grandstanding" on Twitter; sometime in the future, if not already.
- camhart 5y agoIt should be that way... governments shouldn't be picking favorites or holding out for bribes.
- mohanmcgeek 5y agoWhy is the company assumed to be good and the government bad?
- basisword 5y agoIt’s technically not functioning (in India) until it receives government approval.