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Ah yes, because Musk is a philanthropist and is doing this for earth as a whole. That's why for poorer, thrid world countries, he'll... keep charging the usual
by ohgodplsno 3y ago
Ah yes, because Musk is a philanthropist and is doing this for earth as a whole. That's why for poorer, thrid world countries, he'll... keep charging the usual rate, making Starlink a non-starter in those countries ?
Starlink is a rich idiot's toy, not a solution to bring communications to everyone.
- m3kw9 3y agoIt’s expensive because of capacity limits and this is why it is stated for use in remote areas.
- cma 3y agoThey do price discriminate to a cheaper price for poorer countries (in Ukraine it went the opposite despite being a poor country, where they tried to jack the price up by thousands of percent, but we don't know the terms of the recent pentagon deal to say what price it finally went through at).