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Except that with Telekom they answer to the German courts which might eventually force them to stop doing this but with Starlink you're at the mercy of some dud
by trinix912 9mo ago
Except that with Telekom they answer to the German courts which might eventually force them to stop doing this but with Starlink you're at the mercy of some dudes halfway across the globe. If/when Starlink reaches the enshittification phase, there will be very little in the way.
- blauditore 9mo agoThe bright side of this is that there is at least some sort of competition, since they operate on very different infrastucture. This is the free market premise on how quality and price should improve. Reality is often different though, because most customers are not really comparing and/or voting with their feet.
- kybernetyk 9mo agoMeh, the threat vector to me as a resident of Germany is the German government - not some dude at the other end of the world. What is Musk going to do? Ban me from Twitter? Not sell me a Tesla? That's nothing compared to what German authorities can do to me. Germany is a country where you get police searching your home for torrenting movies or making stupid jokes on Facebook. So yeah. Also about enshittification - one could argue that our local ISPs never left that phase to begin with.
- zelphirkalt 9mo agoHe could just turn off Starlink in Germany. And yes, German ISPs suck donkey ass.
- amelius 9mo agoHe could sell information about which websites you visit.
- ThrowawayTestr 9mo agoSo can every website with a tracking cookie
- amelius 9mo agoOnly for that website.
- carlosjobim 9mo agoGerman courts are expected to be much more hostile towards German citizens than any foreign powers or individuals.