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Starlink v2 satelites will ruin science.
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Isn't Starlink also too expensive because you have to replace the satellites every 5 years? As in you'd have to sell to basically everybody on earth to be profitable. And they charge 50Euros a month, almost twice as much as I currently pay, and I'm satisfied with my current provider.
Their target market is people who don't have a better option, not people who already have fibre to the door.
And those people are famously wealthy.
not exactly. many starlink users are not your grandpa in his $500k RV. it's the digital nomad in their $5k RV held together by duct tape. some of us would do anything to get away from all the bullshit of modern society, and quite frankly i think the world needs more of us.
I was being sarcastic. I simply don't believe that there's enough money to be made selling satellite internet to support replacing a large constellation of satellites every 5 years. Especially since Starlink's competitors use higher up satellites, meaning they don't have to replace their satellites as often.