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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    1 year ago

    Honestly, what? You’re just making stuff up. If he was in favor of Russia he’d have never given access to Starlink in the first place. That was a huge strategic advantage for Ukraine.

    SpaceX spent 100 million on supporting Ukraine. I don’t think any other company has funded Ukraine’s defense efforts with that amount of money