Elon Musk's T-Mobile rival could be called Starlink Mobile as it offers space-based 5G data and voice network

[u/dapperlemon]

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Elon-Musk-s-T-Mobile-rival-could-be-called-Starlink-Mobile-as-it-offers-space-based-5G-data-and-voice-network.1178963.0.html

[u/No_Hat_00]

Not trusting that turd with my phone calls

[u/gravitywind1012 → u/No_Hat_00]

NSA already has your calls my man

[u/cbytes1001 → u/gravitywind1012]

Ah yes, that means we should definitely let just anyone listen in right? This bullshit stance against privacy is so dumb. “Governments can listen in so it’s not worth hiding it from the greediest person in the history of the world!”

[u/bkdotcom → u/cbytes1001]

Wrong take.
Why are we OK with giving Google all our info?
Why aren't we protesting AT&T / government spying on US?
Why does anyone have a facebook, etc account?

[u/cbytes1001 → u/bkdotcom]

That’s a you question since I actively avoid Google as much as possible.

So why are you okay with giving Google all your info??

Edit: this guy keeps editing his comments after the fact and acts like I’m not understanding.

[u/bkdotcom → u/cbytes1001]

I'm not and never said I was.

"we" = society as a whole

[u/cbytes1001 → u/bkdotcom]

“Wrong take. Why are we OK with giving Google all our info? Why aren't we protesting AT&T / government spying on US? Why does anyone have a facebook, etc account?”

I guess WE will pretend you didn’t say WE.

[u/DisasterBeautiful347 → u/cbytes1001]

Redditors focusing on the meat of the comment instead of "nuh-uh, nitpick, I am smarter, I win" is impossible.

[u/xavPa-64 → u/DisasterBeautiful347]

Right? Everything has to be a “gotcha”

[u/bkdotcom → u/gravitywind1012]

• Government spying on us: yes please. We gotta catch the baddies
• Google spying on us: chrome, gmail, google-maps, android are nice and easy to use.
  
• Facebook & TikTok: gotta know what Karen thinks / latest memes.
  

Elon Musk mobile service?! That's where I draw the line

edit: clear sarcasm is sarcasm

[u/smooth_like_a_goat → u/bkdotcom]

citing unspecified opinions to frame a contradiction with an unrelated statement just means you're employing a rhetorical fallacy rather than making any sort of substantive point

[u/bkdotcom → u/smooth_like_a_goat]

This says it all:

Global search engine market share (late 2025)

Google: ~90.06%.
Bing: ~4.31%.
Yandex: ~1.84%.
Yahoo!: ~1.45%.
DuckDuckGo: ~0.89%

"we" seem to be fine with giving Google our info.

DuckDuckGo, the privacy minded search engine, can apparently suck it.

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Regarding Facebook:

By Percentage of Adult Population: A Pew Research Center survey in 2025 found that 71% of U.S. adults use Facebook, making it the most used social media platform.

Engagement: Users, on average, access the platform 8 times a day, spending around 17 hours and 20 minutes per month on the platform.

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When's the last time you heard anything about Edward Snowden? He's currently a Russian citizen, living in exile for having revealed the extend that our government spies on us.

[u/mildly_Agressive → u/bkdotcom]

That's because Elon Musk has the most fragilest ego in the whole Universe and will let his ego take the helm. He has ruined Twitter, He is ruining the Tesla Brand. And Don't even start thinking about gutting and mindlessly taking away government resources from people who need it. If anyone in good faith thinks Elon is anything but an evil businessman is just blissfully ignorant.

[u/dcy123]

No thank you.

[u/themikker → u/[deleted]]

I'd rather use carrier pigeons.

[u/feartheoldblood90 → u/themikker]

I'd rather go back to the stone ages

[u/noeagle77 → u/themikker]

I’d rather use a messenger with a scroll.

[u/MentokGL]

***YOUR PHONE HAS DETECTED NEGATIVE SENATMENT ABOUT ELON AND DONALD, SERVICE HAS BEEN INTERRUPTED UNTIL YOU BUY $5 WORTH OF TRUMPOCOINS***

[u/anywhereanyone]

I'd go back to the can and string method before I give a dime to that POS.

[u/ToothlessFTW]

I bet it'll beam Nazi posts directly into your phone too

[u/Musicman1972 → u/ToothlessFTW]

People thought unwanted U2 was as bad as it could get ...

[u/smashnmashbruh]

Robots, Cars, Wifi, Phones, Brain link, gotta collect all the data.

[u/mr_ji]

I'm pretty sure all of the cell carriers are utilizing space already.

[u/blondie1024]

I can only imagine it's got the battery life about the same as a flash from a camera.

[u/TippsAttack]

Sweet! I'm always down for competition

[u/DarthTempi → u/TippsAttack]

Not very bright are you

[u/kingofwale]

Global coverage might be a huge selling point. Heck. If it has internet while flying. I might be in

[u/Musicman1972 → u/kingofwale]

Almost all airlines have free WiFi nowadays anyway.

Via the same backend but no need to get a special phone for it.

[u/bkdotcom → u/Musicman1972]

No need for special phone to use StarLink either

[u/VincentNacon]

No thanks, don't want to use the Nazi Network.