U.S. billionaire Elon Musk has agreed to sell a portion of Starlink assets to the U.S. Department of Defense, removing himself from decision-making regarding geofencing Ukraine’s access to the satellite internet service

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[–] Fapper_McFapper@lemmy.world 106 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hahahaha forced is more like it. We just nationalized a portion of Starlink. Nice going Elon, you fucking troglodyte.

[–] xtremeownage@lemmyonline.com 35 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Don't laugh too hard. We are the ones paying the bill for it.

ie, Our taxes are now indirectly ended up directly in Elon's pocket. And, I can promise he didn't cut us a deal.

[–] Gork@lemm.ee 35 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's a small price to pay if it results in saving Ukrainian lives by having it in more capable, less idiotic hands.

[–] Coreidan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

by having it in more capable, less idiotic hands.

Whoa hey let’s not get too carried away. We are talking about the US government after all.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You never know. The threat of an extraordinary rendition to Ukraine might have kept the price down.

[–] Overzeetop@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

After hearing of the story I wondered if Elon could be charged under Ukrainian law as some sort of accomplice / aid to enemy operations and potentially detained and extradited by a country more actively supportive of anti-Russian operations should Elon go on vacation to such a country. (do I have to say Poland? Because I'm thinking Poland.)

[–] AnAngryAlpaca@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago

Did Starlink and SpaceX not already receive a lot of government funding for their rockets etc? You could argue that the taxpayers should own x% because they paid the bill for it...