Their nimbyism is silly. Nothing is going to hold back this next period. The entire planet will be connected soon and that's when the internet moves out of alpha and into beta. Complaining about a few thousand satellites will seem quant in ten years :P
olivierduval|4 years ago
Does the world need it ? Does the world even ask for it ?
Sure, I like internet... but only WHERE and WHEN I want to, not anytime and everywhere !
manquer|4 years ago
For example Self driving would really benefit from connectivity for deeper learning models to get to level 5.
Telemedicine , remote learning all have huge potential with connectivity all around the world. Education in developing countries which suffer from lack of infrastructure can (and already does) benefit from tech driven learning
It is easy to say you don't want connectivity everywhere when you don't experience that lack of connectivity a lot of the people do.
It is hard to imagine the kind of applications that will come just like it was hard to imagine what came with web 2.0 /1.0 before .
Also a lot of pressure on urban migration would really reduce with global connectivity. I already know many people moving or considering to move to a rural location with better quality of life only because of starlink.
panick21|4 years ago
Yes
> Sure, I like internet... but only WHERE and WHEN I want to, not anytime and everywhere !
Turn of your phone.
DangitBobby|4 years ago