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Yeah, as a french citizen I am happy to see Eutelsat get a new contract, but saying Starlink was ditched is poor journalism. Don't know the publication, but it

• CaptainOfCoit 1y ago
  I'm also not a native English speaker, but ditched seems to mean: > to get rid of something or someone that is no longer wanted: They were considering two contracts, with two different companies, and were in talks with both of them. If they stop considering one of those contracts/companies, wouldn't it be accurate to say they "ditched" that bid/contract then? I guess the misleading part could be that "ditched" might implicitly imply they were already using Starlink, but the "ditched" used in the title is actually about the contract, not established service?
  • simondotau 1y ago
    "Ditched" generally means to abandon something you had already chosen or started using. Example: “My car broke down, so I ditched it.” A more appropriate term here would be "rejected" which means to decide against something prior to accepting it. Example: “I was going to buy that car, but I rejected their offer.”