• Saledovil
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    3 months ago

    And those people are famously wealthy.

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      3 months ago

      Its their data thats worth money. Now its collectable.

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          3 months ago

          it is looking like that flipped this year to over 200 million in profit off over 2 billion in revenue

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            3 months ago

            I just checked Wikipedia, and there it also says small profit. Could be caused by how the satellites are being written off, though.

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      3 months ago

      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.

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        3 months ago

        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.