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Musk cut internet to Ukraine’s military as it was attacking Russian fleet (www.washingtonpost.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by spaghettiwestern to c/[email protected]

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If you're hitting a paywall, here's a CNN link to the same story: https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/07/politics/elon-musk-biography-walter-isaacson-ukraine-starlink/index.html

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

It wouldn't be free market then.