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minus-squarepartial_accumen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·8 months ago It requires an infinite amount of rockets sent into low earth orbit forever True. at a heavy subsidised cost paid for by American taxpayers. How are American taxpayers subsidizing Starlink? The gov certainly isn’t paying for Starlink launches or satellites . Starlink was also denied the $866 billion for government funded rural broadband/ Where is the tax money you’re saying come from?
minus-squaremarx2k@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·8 months agoWell, they were going to get subsidies https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/07/spacex-starlink-wins-nearly-900-million-in-fcc-subsidies-auction.html Now starlink mad they not https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/12/spacex-blasts-fcc-as-it-refuses-to-reinstate-starlinks-886-million-grant/
minus-squarepartial_accumen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoRight, I linked that in my post. So where is the taxpayer subsidy?
minus-squareecho64@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·8 months agoThey got subsidies and were recently denied some. Don’t pretend they never got any thank you.
minus-squareMisterMoo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·8 months agoAs soon as SpaceX gets rid of the lunatic asshole billionaire pretending to run the company, I’ll stop cheering for bad headlines. Sorry about your internet service.
True.
How are American taxpayers subsidizing Starlink? The gov certainly isn’t paying for Starlink launches or satellites . Starlink was also denied the $866 billion for government funded rural broadband/
Where is the tax money you’re saying come from?
Well, they were going to get subsidies https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/07/spacex-starlink-wins-nearly-900-million-in-fcc-subsidies-auction.html
Now starlink mad they not https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/12/spacex-blasts-fcc-as-it-refuses-to-reinstate-starlinks-886-million-grant/
Right, I linked that in my post. So where is the taxpayer subsidy?
They got subsidies and were recently denied some. Don’t pretend they never got any thank you.
As soon as SpaceX gets rid of the lunatic asshole billionaire pretending to run the company, I’ll stop cheering for bad headlines. Sorry about your internet service.