Submitted 22 hours ago by Tea@programming.dev to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-starlink-trump-white-house-spacex-microsoft
The tech billionaire and Trump adviser “donated” Starlink service to the White House. The move resembles a previous maneuver by Microsoft, which used “free” trials to lock in costly upgrades across the federal government.
remember the time that Leon Skum turned starlink off for Ukraine just before a Russian attack?
he can never again be trusted. especially when it comes to safety and security
That‘s how silicon valley has been operating for longer than I live. You bet that‘s what‘s happening as has been happened a million times.
the difference is microsoft’s products actually worked.
There’s a very good premium episode of This Machine Kills from a week+ ago which touches on this topic. It’s is a conversation with Katie Wells and totally worth a listen.
Not really though. Starlinkn doesn’t scale up well. And it only makes sense in niche circumstances. And it is vulnerable. You could easily imagine a future president just taking it over for national safety reasons.
Elonia has proven such concerns already with actions.
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“There’s nothing more expensive than a free gift.” - Michel de Montaigne
caffinatedone@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
After all of the sketchy contracts that musk seems to be getting under this regime, the next administration should nationalize SpaceX. With their corrupt self dealing, perhaps give him a dollar or so for it.
whodrankarnoldpalmer@startrek.website 22 hours ago
Americans don’t have HALF the balls
Viri4thus@feddit.org 21 hours ago
100% this.
The well regulated militia in the most armed country in the world is just the typical exceptionalism story. Talk is cheap but when it comes to act, americans are just little bitches. Hollywood can whitewash the history later.
los_chill@programming.dev 18 hours ago
What do you want me to do? I’m fucking out there protesting. Shit I’ll be at another rally today. I wish things were different but I’m not a coward and I’m doing what I can. I’m sorry.
shplane@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
Okay, if this was happening in your country, what would you do that would actually stop fascism?