I don't think rurp was saying there is no market, just that there was no obvious realistic TAM worth 1.6 trillion (going by the amount given by the S-1). How many people living remotely in an area with no fibre do you really expect there to be?
replyIn the future, nobody will have to work (thanks AI!) and we'll all be digital nomads roaming the earth living off of 0DTE option gainz and UBI. /s
replyThe owner of starlink is planning to be the only remaining capitalist. UBI is not for the US, a return to indentured servitude is.
replyThe nice thing about there only being one capitalist is that it’ll be easy for the rest of us to deal with him.
replyStarlink only has 10 Million customers, too expensive for most countries already.
replyStarlink brought internet to a lot of people who had it before already but made it easier for them.
Its still quite a interesting technology, given, but for the fact that he destroys potentially our atmosphere, has control over war critical tech, can do survailance and wants to send out A Lot MORE into our space, its a net negative for at least 7-8 BILLION people while 10 Millionen people benefit from it.
And they even increased the price just a few weeks back...
> It allows technical folk to live wherever they’d like as long as they’re working remotely.
replyTurns out a simple water cooler technology is enough. We are all back to office because of efficiency.