While it sounded like a cool idea at first, the only impactful thing starlink has done is fucked up earth-based astronomy.

I travel a lot, and far, and having a dongle that gives me mid to decent internet wherever I am would be rad. But it's wildly expensive compared to every other isp, and on top of that, they've always had a requirement that you're tied to a single location. And that defeats the whole fucking purpose. Entirely.

We could have Such Cool Shit, if only some pukes weren't such fuckbags about everything.

Like fucking for real.

Blow up earth based astronomy. Give everyone in the world free, or bus fare cheap, internet. That's rad. That's worthwhile. That's something an advanced civilization would fucking do. Not this bullshit.