4realz@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoFive People Founded Tesla, But Only Elon Musk Became Extremely Richopen.substack.comexternal-linkmessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up1454
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minus-squarecole@lemdro.idlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 months agoThe problem is you say this with certainty but have no numbers or evidence to back it up. How do you know the revenue from subscribers can’t cover rocket launches?
minus-squareecho64@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoIt got almost a billion dollars in subsidies from America last year. This is whilst being unprofitable.
minus-squarecole@lemdro.idlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoIt seems Starlink A) isn’t getting subsidies and SpaceX is B) providing services in exchange for payment rather than just getting free money. On top of this, SpaceX is reportedly still profitable. I just don’t understand your argument here. No sources, no actual hard data just conjecture.
The problem is you say this with certainty but have no numbers or evidence to back it up. How do you know the revenue from subscribers can’t cover rocket launches?
It got almost a billion dollars in subsidies from America last year. This is whilst being unprofitable.
It seems Starlink A) isn’t getting subsidies and SpaceX is B) providing services in exchange for payment rather than just getting free money.
On top of this, SpaceX is reportedly still profitable. I just don’t understand your argument here. No sources, no actual hard data just conjecture.