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NLtbal t1_j5p1iaq wrote

Reply to comment by Twombls in Starlink Is ‘Forced’ To Finally Start Caring About The System’s Light Pollution And Harm To Scientific Research by Albion_Tourgee

No more stars is a bit over the top, but even if that was the case, bringing internet to billions more people across the planet is still a fair trade off.

Elon Musk is a douche of the highest order, but the Starlink goal of having internet access everywhere is going to positively effect literally the second half of the global population without internet access to have it. The enlightenment that will provide is going to be monumental.

All that aside, the other benefit is that the cost of getting a satellite into space has plummeted to the point where projects that were considered too expensive in the past are now being reconsidered due to the decimation of pricing required to get into orbit.

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SuperRette t1_j5qp9ys wrote

You really believe Elon is going to be charging internet for cheap?

Get real. He'll price gouge people for everything they're worth once he can.

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NLtbal t1_j5qs124 wrote

Available for a high price is better than not at all.

Entire schools can get internet who could not do so otherwise.

Again, I believe him to have proven himself a moron many times over.

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unmondeparfait t1_j5pk7hp wrote

>if that was the case, bringing internet to billions more people across the planet is still a fair trade off.

No, it's not. The internet stopped being a force for good and a reliable place to learn things more than ten years ago. I don't feel a pressing urge to spread open a pipeline of shitty advertisements and conspiracy theories to Uganda. They have enough problems.

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Mr_J90K t1_j5q5f8i wrote

Consider how easily you just disregarded the hardships peoples overcome via the internet; Isolation, lack of opportunity, and lack of resources. All can be mitigated to some degree via the Internet. I personally know individuals that have done so in a way conventional society would never have allowed, to wave this away so easily requires extraordinary tunnel vision on the recent ills.

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