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Re:Starlink lost 40 satellites to a geomagnetic storm by px43 on Tuesday February 08, 2022 @10:17PM (#30268328)
Did we hand Tesla a monopoly when we allowed them to build a bunch of electric cars when no one else was willing to take them seriously?
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Re:Starlink lost 40 satellites to a geomagnetic storm by hnbad on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @04:35AM (#30270774)
Not but you handed them a monopoly by allowing them to install charging stations with a proprietary connector throughout the country.
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Re:Starlink lost 40 satellites to a geomagnetic storm by signatoremo on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @06:30AM (#30271461)
What was the non-proprietary charging option circa 2012 when they started building the charging network?

Also, who else were denied license to build the charging stations at that time to allow for Tesla monopoly? Or was it that everyone else amusingly laughed at the cute effort by an electric mobility upstart who didn’t know better?

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