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submitted 11 months ago by Chariotwheel@kbin.social to c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz

The world’s richest man has continued his campaign against Kyiv, this time by using a fake picture of President Zelensky to mock Ukraine’s fight against Russia’s full-scale invasion.

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[-] Unaware7013@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago

Are they even able to use it? My understanding was that it was never turned on because Comrade Musk didn't want to piss off his Russian financiers by letting them use the service he made the USGov pay for.

[-] Chariotwheel@kbin.social 7 points 11 months ago

Yeah, they are able to use it, just not at the front. It is useful though.

The issue is that you can't trust it.

[-] I_Miss_Daniel@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago
[-] IsoKiero@sopuli.xyz 3 points 11 months ago

If I was in a situation where starlink was only option for connectivity, sure, but at the front lines cell service isn't really reliable as whole towers are missing and/or damaged and even if the cell tower was there it's not a quarantee that it's connected to anything or has power. Starlink doesn't require a (literal) ton of infrastructure on the ground around you and that's why it's been really useful, and often the only option, Ukraine has.

Starlink as a technology is really cool and when it came to the market I hoped I would get to play with it some day, but now as the company is ran by that twat who shovels DoD money into his own pockets and is on his knees for russians the interest and 'geek factor' isn't really there anymore.

[-] ascense@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago

If you are interested in a rather detailed analysis of Starlink in Ukraine, I highly recommend listening to episode 53 of the 'Geopolitics Decanted' podcast.

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