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soooo good that they'll burn up one day and this nonsense can finally end. investors provide infinite capital to nonsense projects so that the showman can crea
by formvoltron 3mo ago
soooo good that they'll burn up one day and this nonsense can finally end.
investors provide infinite capital to nonsense projects so that the showman can create an endless show that will attract new nonsense capital.
sorry but already in rural morocco they have 200 mbit internet for 20 bucks a month. Yes there are some 6 wheeled vehicles roaming the planet that might really benefit from these 100k satellites. but for 99.9% of everyone else? we're good!
- 1234letshaveatw 3mo ago[flagged]
- ThrowawayTestr 3mo agoStarlink was funded internally by SpaceX. What investors are you talking about?
- wmf 3mo agoSpaceX's money came from outside investors.
- vessenes 3mo ago… and customers. It’s cashflow positive.
- thinkthatover 3mo agonot since X.AI got folded in
- cortesoft 3mo agoWhich is unrelated to Starlink?
- formvoltron 3mo agothose who buy & sell stocks & options & provide exit liquidity.
- inemesitaffia 3mo agoStarlink existed before SpaceX was a public company
- StuMarkSez 3mo ago[flagged]
- StuMarkSez 3mo ago"...we're good." ? It seems that you are excluding all of the actual users onboard with Starlink tech. I'm one. I had choices and Starlink was a welcome addition to the short list. In a short time, Starlink proved to be that disruptive "invention" that changed everything. There are already millions of users. Nobody is forced to use Starlink. Yet here we are. Whether there are investors or not, a positive cashflow and the millions of users prove that Starlink is not just valid to our society at large, but wildly so. My opinion is that it is almost as disruptive as cell phones when they became affordable. Current number of paid subscriptions: 12 million +. So, actual users is many times that, if subscribers generally represent multiple users per account. Think "Household". And then, if one extrapolates users under institutional, municipal, state or military, the numbers are astronomically increased. Just, individuals walking around inside a Dollar General store...
- formvoltron 3mo agocurious where you live that starlink is the best option.
- cortesoft 3mo ago> for 99.9% of everyone else? we're good! Well Starlink has 12 million subscribers, which is already more than 0.1% of the population, so clearly you are incorrect that 99.9% of people don't want it...
- formvoltron 3mo ago12 million / 8.3 billion => 0.0014 something. so.. 0.1% turns out to be correct. honestly i made the number up and accidentally nailed it
- cortesoft 3mo agowell .0014 is 40% more than 0.001, so it isn't THAT close. Although even if we grant you your assumption about 99.9%, doesn't this show that you can still have a business if that is true? 12 million customers is a sustainable business.