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[–] [email protected] 85 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The free market will create another satellite network if musk's isn't right! /s

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago (3 children)

This but kind of unironically, him doing this makes it much more likely the US government will blow some of its military budget to fund some sort of competitor.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

That would be pretty cool considering they have tons of military budget obviously and more competition is a good thing.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

That's kind of how we all get to use and enjoy the GPS today

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

It wouldn't be free market then.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

If Musk doesn’t learn to play ball, the us government might well take control of the tech for the remainder of the war. Geopolitics is the game that is played with all the pieces.