And this is why capitalism utterly sucks at providing public services.
this post was submitted on 14 May 2025
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It's not really capitalism anymore if the CEO runs the government too.
Idk what else the USA has to do to show the obvious oligarchy y'all have.
Even if the politicos unironically started referring to themselves as oligarchs, a significant population of US citizens would likely either take it as a joke and hand-wave it away, or take it as further proof that that's just what you do to get ahead.
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I wouldn't use this service unless I literally had no other option. But sadly "no other option" is why they are able to jack up the prices and change the terms and conditions as they feel like with impunity.
What's worse is, because it's an option. The work that was being done for other reliable works will be put on indefinite hold. Musk monopolized our orbit. He needs to be brought before an effective tribunal and have his decision scrutinized harshly. I know, I know. "But he won't". If everyone had that attitude we would still be riding horses so help or shut up.
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Slide to switch plan
Ooooh, that's cutesy.
How about "Point a firearm at the screen and scowl menacingly to cancel the service"
this slide to switch sums up Elon's perspective on tech, he will want something super impractical and unnecessary implemented as long as he thinks it is cool
He sees you when you're sleeping. He knows when you're awake....
🎼 He sees you when you're pooping.
He knows when you're online...
He knows when you've been fash or woke
So be fash for tesla's sake 🎶
Just in time for https://lemmy.world/post/29463383
Any future where these fuckers don't end up in jail is going to become hell.
I'm one of those people for who Starlink very much is the only option. I moved from Northern Virginia to Western Maryland. This land used to be state park and all it has is electricity and mail delivery. No water, no sewage, no telephone, no internet other than cell hotspot or Starlink. It sucks but I have to try and separate my distaste for Musk with the engineers and people who actually run Starlink day to day, because at the end of the day the service is pretty damn good. The only issue I have (besides the price) is with VoIP traffic; but SIP acts fucky even with Cat5/6 sometimes so idk. I looked up the current policy and at least in the US they do not have a soft data cap. They did when the service initially launched AFAIK but that's been replaced with a more general "network management" policy (throttling, etc) . https://www.starlink.com/legal/documents/DOC-1470-99699-90?regionCode=US
Just gonna let you know, if ya have 5g available more specifically T-Mobile then ya can get an at home 5g router. It is most definitely cheaper and may have lower latency, though I don't know how their network is on the East coast furthest east I've gone is Utah.
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Oof, my current data consumption for the past 30 days is 1.2 TB on buttery smooth 1Gb fiber. I can't imagine being bound to 500 GB like is the 2007 dark ages.
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Not even a flat rate for that money
