Starlink restricted in Ukraine with no notice

vrganj 47 points 8 comments October 14, 2026
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egorfine

No matter how do you view the russia's war in Ukraine and whether you think about this conflict at all, you can still agree that it is not a good sign when a particular CEO makes national-security-level decisions for three countries as he personally sees fit.

drooby

Starshield is owned by the US government...

burnt-resistor

Depending upon a murderous billionaire for critical comms or infrastructure is always a fragile, perilous idea.

ChrisArchitect

Some more discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50084622

alphawhisky

He's mad about his bots lmao

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