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    Starlink needs deleting too, so that would be perfect.

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      6 months ago

      As someone who spends a lot of time in the outdoors, I have to disagree with you. I’m very excited about how this will simplify logistics, and make getting weather etc much easier.

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        The skies are already polluted with Starlink satellites and there’s even more coming. I agree that is does solve some situations, but it’s being done for profit, not for undeveloped areas. Sticking more shit in our skies for money is really sad, I am surprised there’s not more international regulations for this kind of satellite spam.

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          but it’s being done for profit, not for undeveloped areas.

          This is such a Lemmy comment, there’s nothing evil about providing a service for a price.

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            Not on its own. Polluting the skies for profit is the problem. Why the cherry picking though?

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                Of course cell towers are an eye sore. Though they are more necessary than starlink, often hidden by landscape or on top of buildings anyway. It’s not the “gotcha” comparison you think it is.

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                    Perhaps necessary was the wrong word, though I don’t know if starlink supports the same bands the towers already do for 2G, 3G, 4G etc. They don’t obstruct our skies, so that’s much preferable.

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            What’s evil is what that incentivizes. It’s not solving problems but building profit.

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            Providing a service for a price is not the problematic part.
            The problem with serial killers isn’t that they want money in exchange, either.

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                Oh it does, despite you not understanding it. The point is that even though someone does something for money, that does not mean what they do is not harmful.

                And before you ask say this does not have to do anything with this topic, the reason I said that, is that I think what spacex is doing here is harmful.

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                  The point is that even though someone does something fun money, that does not mean what they do is not harmful.

                  Who said it wasn’t? You’re arguing against a point nobody made.

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                    In your “this is such a lemmy comment” reply you sounded to be condeming the other user for their anti-spacex opinion.

                    Also, I’ve fixed a typo in my previous comment, in the part of it that you have quoted. The quote is fine, just telling it in case it has caused misunderstanding.

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        If there were more third-world people here they’d probably agree with you as well. Last I checked there’s like one or two cables going into the entire continent of Africa.

        It’s actually a really good idea, with the main exception being the impact on astronomy. That Musk happens to be the guy behind this first network is just an unfortunate coincidence.