I absolutely do not care one way or the other. Starlink can get full ocean-wide coverage with software today, or hardware after they have lofted enough of it,

I absolutely do not care one way or the other. Starlink can get full ocean-wide coverage with software today, or hardware after they have lofted enough of it, their choice. Immediate practicality depends on how fast they deploy marine and aircraft terminals. Full coverage of course depends on having lots of such terminals. They could speed that up if they care to.