• Tar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.works
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    11 months ago

    created markets based on what his business could provide.

    As much as I loathe musk, this is exactly what Starlink is. It’s a company founded solely to buy the product SpaceX is making, because other people couldn’t buy enough.

    Of course, Starlink is floating almost entirely on venture capital, but that’s how Amazon got started too.

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      11 months ago

      Here’s the rub. Starlink is not and can not be profitable without venture capital and subsidies. It exists to funnel money away from taxpayers. It’s a con built on lies like the rest. At least some people get to benefit from this, unlike people sold overhyped cars and promises of Mars colonies, but that’s changing with price hikes and service degredations too.

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        11 months ago

        can I get a source on the math for this? I haven’t heard that before