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Summary

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the province will permanently cancel its $100 million contract with Elon Musk’s Starlink, even if U.S. tariffs are lifted.

The decision follows Trump’s 25% tariffs on Canadian imports, which prompted Ontario to ban U.S. firms from contracts.

Ford cited Musk’s ties to Trump as a factor and said he is willing to fight potential legal fallout.

Musk previously responded to cancellation threats with a dismissive “Oh well.”

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[-] DozensOfDonner@mander.xyz 28 points 6 hours ago

Feel bad for the people at Starlink. I can imagine a few astro-nerds really enjoying their work there and then some moldy bigwig rich guy thinking the world is his sims 4 just fuckes you with tweeting.

[-] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 hour ago

Eh, idk. I'm sure there's smart people doing cool things at Starlink, but the actual product itself is basically a brute force approach to Internet access with a ton of downsides

[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 40 points 5 hours ago

Don't. The tech world has been aware that Musk is a piece of shit for more than a decade.

Anyone working for a Musk company approves of his craziness.

[-] HK65@sopuli.xyz 31 points 5 hours ago

Or is stranded there on a H1B visa. Musk likes them both fanatical and vulnerable.

[-] prinzmegahertz@lemm.ee 3 points 5 hours ago

He thinks it’s crusader kings 3

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