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Re:Europe's $24T Breakup with Visa and Mastercard Has Begun by abcdefg12 on Tuesday February 10, 2026 @03:39PM (#46966556)
Never mind russians putting starlinks on flying bombs to blow up Ukrainians. But those poor Russian Internet users you invented. While it’s jailable offense in russia to own starlink.
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Re:Europe's $24T Breakup with Visa and Mastercard Has Begun by fhdkweig on Tuesday February 10, 2026 @06:11PM (#46968367)
I think you misunderstood, I do not pity them at all. I am just pointing out it is bad strategy to be dependent on foreign potentially-hostile technology.

In particular, I heard this through Mallen Baker at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ACzkuSFzT4

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