THE VIDEO SHELF · starlink economics
Starlink: BUSTED!! + ALL other Failed Musk promises!
Thunderf00t critiques Starlink's economics and technical claims alongside other unfulfilled Musk promises. It argues Starlink is a poor business.
Why HN readers recommended it
Mostly cited as a contrarian critique of Starlink's viability; some defend its economics argument while others dismiss it as repetitive.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Thunderf00t
- Topic
- starlink economics
- Format
- commentary
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 5
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2022–2025
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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