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SpaceX projected 20 million Starlink users by 2022—it ended up with 1 million (arstechnica.com)
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SpaceX projected 20 million Starlink users by 2022—it ended up with 1 million::Starlink has a fraction of the projected $12B revenue and 20M users, WSJ says.

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[–] demlet@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I say we let him build up a huge satellite fleet and then force him to sell a huge chunk of it under antitrust law.

[–] sorghum@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You mean the same government that allowed XM and Sirius to merge with no other satellite radio competition would go after Starlink when they have competition (Hughesnet)?

[–] demlet@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Probably not but it would be funny.