Wednesday, October 09, 2024

Musk Is Doing More To People Than FEMA Is

Of course, Trump is his guiding star:
Starlink's Twitter account declared last week, in a post with tens of millions of views, that "Starlink is now free for 30 days." The world's richest man, with a net worth of approximately $260 billion, followed up by saying, in quite the PR coup, that all Starlink terminals would now work automatically "without [the] need for payment in the areas affected by Hurricane Helene." 
But try to sign up for the ostensibly "free" service in an area Starlink has designated as a Helene disaster zone, and surprise: You still have to pay for the terminal (normally $350, but reportedly discounted to $299 for disaster relief, though that's not reflected in Starlink's signup page), plus shipping and tax, bringing the grand total to just shy of $400.
Musk even copies Trump’s idea of charity (it’s for me, not for thee). And, of course, there’s the matter of shipping the terminal into a disaster area. Or to a home no longer standing/inhabitable. Me, I’d rather have the FEMA $750.00.
“Assuming someone can get over the one or two, if not more, bridges that are down and physically get their hands on the device, you still need electricity to run the thing,” they said. “Thousands of people are out of power still and hundreds if not thousands of those don’t have a generator.”
As Daffy Duck used to say: “Thanks for the sour persimmons, cousin.”
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