Saved you a click: you still have to pay for the hardware
penguinopusredux on
Elon, being untrustworthy! Shocked, shocked I am.
crusoe on
How are they gonna SHIP the terminals into disaster areas?
Th3TruthIs0utTh3r3 on
TLDR: It’s the same 30 day free trial that anyone can get, AND you have to pay $400 for the hardware with a 2-3 week delivery time.
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“If [Musk] was really interested in helping us up here he’d be giving
the devices, letting folks use them for 30 days, collecting them, and
sending them to Florida,” Baughman said
Equivalent-Ad844 on
I bet Russia got theres for free
ankercrank on
This whole thing is just a sales pitch to get new paying customers.
sopertt on
They should’ve just kept their mouths shut.
Do they think this makes them look good? Predatory marketing to disaster victims is a shitty look even for a Musk company.
FuckKarmeWhores on
Super pac needs money
KitKitsAreBest on
Does it come with a Trump-edition Bible too?
MelodiesOfLife6 on
“We are helping…!”
^(“us make more money”)
USAF_DTom on
Common Musk-affiliated L.
Gravybees on
I live in the disaster area. Even if this were free, it’s not much use without power. Or gas, or food.
Weekly-Somewhere-674 on
Musk is the only person I’ve ever actively wanted to see deported
joecool42069 on
So it’s a trial period, and you have to buy the hardware. This is just marketing.
InevitableFly on
So the same “free” everyone gets when they order the hardware, the first 30 days
Endy0816 on
It never is.
-FurdTurgeson- on
I think the idea is that internet services should be back up and running in 30 days right?
rbartlejr on
Which is why (at least one of the reasons) the FCC canceled their billion-dollar contract.
He did some shit like this with Ukraine too. Gets the publicity, but never intends to donate anything.
Demonking3343 on
I figured this was what was happening. My mom was talking about how mutch of a good thing he was doing. And I was like “there’s definitely strings attached. Republicans don’t do the right thing for free.”
SeeBadd on
It’s Musk’s MO. He pretends he’s some altruist helping people. But, fairly quickly it always comes out that it’s anything but altruism and it always comes down to him making more money or increasing his fame.
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Saved you a click: you still have to pay for the hardware
Elon, being untrustworthy! Shocked, shocked I am.
How are they gonna SHIP the terminals into disaster areas?
TLDR: It’s the same 30 day free trial that anyone can get, AND you have to pay $400 for the hardware with a 2-3 week delivery time.
​
“If [Musk] was really interested in helping us up here he’d be giving
the devices, letting folks use them for 30 days, collecting them, and
sending them to Florida,” Baughman said
I bet Russia got theres for free
This whole thing is just a sales pitch to get new paying customers.
They should’ve just kept their mouths shut.
Do they think this makes them look good? Predatory marketing to disaster victims is a shitty look even for a Musk company.
Super pac needs money
Does it come with a Trump-edition Bible too?
“We are helping…!”
^(“us make more money”)
Common Musk-affiliated L.
I live in the disaster area. Even if this were free, it’s not much use without power. Or gas, or food.
Musk is the only person I’ve ever actively wanted to see deported
So it’s a trial period, and you have to buy the hardware. This is just marketing.
So the same “free” everyone gets when they order the hardware, the first 30 days
It never is.
I think the idea is that internet services should be back up and running in 30 days right?
Which is why (at least one of the reasons) the FCC canceled their billion-dollar contract.
[FCC Reaffirms Rejection of Nearly $900 Million Subsidy to Starlink | Federal Communications Commission](https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-reaffirms-rejection-nearly-900-million-subsidy-starlink)
I smell a scam.
Because Leon is a douche-bag.
He did some shit like this with Ukraine too. Gets the publicity, but never intends to donate anything.
I figured this was what was happening. My mom was talking about how mutch of a good thing he was doing. And I was like “there’s definitely strings attached. Republicans don’t do the right thing for free.”
It’s Musk’s MO. He pretends he’s some altruist helping people. But, fairly quickly it always comes out that it’s anything but altruism and it always comes down to him making more money or increasing his fame.
This guy is such a slimy person.