Starlink competition: Eutelsat tests 5G via satellite with smartphones
According to Eutelsat, it has carried out the world's first successful trial run of a 5G mobile connection via satellite, overtaking Musk's Starlink.
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That's definitely good news, if we can get anything Elon out of our lives, it's always a plus.
Eh, I don't particularly care much about Elon, he'll eventually go away. But more competition is usually good.
Really, the guy currently in charge of trying to dismantle the US government you don't particularly care about? Assuming you aren't from the US, so perhaps US internal politics don't bother you, but he is also pushing for the far right in Germany, which means he wont stop at destroying America for his own profit. The richest man in the world is currently dismantling one of the largest countries in the world should probably concern everybody in the world, at least a little.
I am from the US, and Musk doesn't actually have the power to do anything, so I'm much more concerned about Trump, who does have the power to do things. Trump is largely following Musk's recommendations, probably without a second thought, and that's a much bigger problem than whatever Musk is doing.
On the scale of things I care about, billionaires are pretty far down there, and the POTUS is pretty far up there.
I think your though process is on the right track but it seems like you think you're done evaluating things way too quickly.
Musk may not explicitly have the power to do anything, but as we know Trump doesn't give a fuck about the rules and Musk is his right hand man.
I'd argue that Musk does indeed have the power by proxy to do whatever he wants. Billionaires are licking Trump's boots the world over right now... Maybe keep that in mind moving forward.
Right, I just don't see that as Musk's fault. Musk only has power because Trump gives him power. Musk is just a caricature of a spoiled rich kid who wants to play President, but Trump was actually elected, chosen by the people to lead them.
So I have much higher expectations of Trump than I do of Musk. So any damage Musk causes is directly attributable to Trump.
I have even less control over what Musk does than I do over Trump. For Trump, I can at least push my reps to impeach him, whereas Musk will have Trump's ear regardless of whether he holds his "official" position. So I choose to not particularly care what he does, because there's nothing I can do about it except react emotionally.