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Soft paywall, more of a minor speedbump.

This is hard to dismiss as a mere "hit piece". The main point is some people expressing concern that one erratic person, sometimes seemingly pro-Russian, has so much control over important infrastructure. The main example is Ukraine, but Taiwan is mentioned too. Despite measured negativity, it is also mentioned how Starlink has helped Ukraine, with a positive comment from Ukraine's digital minister.

It also has some nice animations and pictures (though the Starlink interconnect diagram looks hopelessly wrong).

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[–] grahamsz@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago

Yeah, though honestly Elon could actually make his own country at this point and/or launch from international water.