Unfortunately I live in an area with a decent amount of light pollution, and haven't been able to catch a glimpse of any of the more recent trains. (Might have something to do with the dark coating they're putting on the newer satellites to reduce reflectivity.)
For those who want to give it a try, this site gives a list of optimal viewing times, complete with an animation of where and when the satellites will appear in the sky at your location: https://james.darpinian.com/satellites/?special=starlink
Frustratingly, I do see myself paying for the service at some point as, like many people in this thread, I have a desire to work remotely in a rural location. (By that time it’s not like this can be undone...)
They will have an effect on astronomy, but not visual observation.
Edit: this article does not make it sound like the problem is solved, is it wrong? https://earthsky.org/human-world/will-spacex-starlink-satell...
It was like a year ago. I take my dog for walks on a path between orange tree fields, so at night is pretty dark. I look at the sky and I see this thing moving and I think, maybe it's a plane but it doesn't have any blinking light. It's not a planet/star because it's moving. Is it an alien? Nevermin, it's probably a plane.
I keep walking and I look up again. Now I see like 3 or 4 of them. One after another with the same space between them. And as they move, another one appears. And then another one, and another one.
I saw a total of two dozens or so. As soon I got some I told it to a friend who didn't know what it was either. I googled it and the next day I found a video in a news website where they asked about some "dots" that were seen above Barcelona which is not very far away from where I am. Someone commented that it was the Starlink satellites. I checked it out and yes, that was it and everything made sense but holy crap, at the beginning it was intense.