It is almost like russia is at war with Europe…

  • grom_@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    it would be based if Ukraine wasn’t relying on it for defence

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        As with many folks on Starlink, they didn’t have much of a choice. ATM, there’s nothing comparable in orbit and landlines are vulnerable on a battefield.

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        It is weird. It’s also the current situation and damage to starlink hurts Ukraine, no matter how strange and messed up it is

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        That private company also massively depends on government contracts and subsidies. They wouldn’t dare pull this kind of shit if it wasn’t approved or even initiated by their government. I do agree that this is not the kind of operation that should be in the hands of a private company, but I don’t think it would change anything in the current situation.