• Frank [he/him, he/him]
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    2 years ago

    I think he has a very expensive proprietary satellite network that was never meant for military use or to work in military conditions and I have no idea who has been paying for it but apparently not Ukraine or the US, but I imagine it's quite expensive and under capitalism, especially for a private corporation, nothing comes for free.

    It's pretty weird to provide the entire communications infrastructure for a country at war and be expected to do it for free, indefinitely. War is about making tons and tons of profit, not acting selflessly in accordance with one's principles.

    It's also weird that he's saying this in public instead of hitting up the Pentagon or Ukraine to start paying their internet bill.

    • Anemasta [any]
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      2 years ago

      It’s also weird that he’s saying this in public instead of hitting up the Pentagon or Ukraine to start paying their internet bill.

      That's the funny part. For some reason he's doing both.

      • Anemasta [any]
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        2 years ago

        If the hype is to believed it's kinda working.

          • Anemasta [any]
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            2 years ago

            Sure, but why are Ukraine officials hyping up this thing if it isn't useful? No one seems to want to pay for it so there are probably better way to get a cut of DoD money.

    • Kookie [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      When Musk does it, he should do it for free.

      As a punishment for saying peace should break out. That's the worst possible thing anyone can say. Worse than the literal Nazis on Ukraine's side.