Starlink: BUSTED!! + ALL other Failed Musk promises!

Thunderf00t · commentary · Watch on YouTube

What it is

Thunderf00t critiques Starlink's economics and technical claims alongside other unfulfilled Musk promises. It argues Starlink is a poor business.

Mostly cited as a contrarian critique of Starlink's viability; some defend its economics argument while others dismiss it as repetitive.

“I'd actually love it if you could find a single thing he says in that video that's provably false.”
Argues Starlink is a bad business rather than physically impossible.
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“Well, the economics are discussed in this video”
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Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: starlink, spacex, satellite internet, elon musk, business critique