Don’t companies usually wait until after their IPO to enshittify their products?
Musk really needs to do it now to get a decent listing.
The problem is he has no income for all his AI stuff, Twitter advertising revenue is still in the toilet, and spaceX’s biggest customer is the US government, but the Democrats fucking hate him, and the mid terms are coming up.
So time to squeeze the little guys to get some revenue.
The forever payment system at work. Always pay and its never yours.
I got a mini dish for emergencies as I live in an area where natural disasters can occur.
My plan was to just keep it around just in case in a paused state and on occasional trips, or in case of emergencies id have it.
Then they stopped letting you pause it and charged $7.50 CAD/m to keep it in standby, but it came with unlimited low speed, but enough to do emails or browse websites. Kinda shitty but okay, having data always working wasnt terrible for the $7.50, and could even toss it in car for road trips where there’s bad internet for music streaming.
Then a couple weeks ago, they emailed saying its going to $15/m and it would no longer work while in motion.
Fuck that. I canceled.
Its definitely to juice the IPO revenue numbers.
Edit: oh, and the free pausing, to paid standby to the price increase on standby was all in under a year.
If it’s subscription based then they need to care, maintain, and upgrade the hardware for free each time it’s due.
In their world, it will never be due for such things. They will just move it to “not supported” and claim “upgrades are not available”; because they didn’t make any.
Yeah, it’s a rip off move.
I really really wish I had a viable alternative
I feel that way about Comcast…
Enshittification
Petty rent seeking dildos. This will surly make them a trillion dollar business.
For some, Starlink will literally be dropping through their roofs soon.
PCMag notes that you can save money in the long run by buying the router from a retailer. “Over the long term, the $10 monthly fee isn’t a great deal, either, since it means forking over $360 during a three-year subscription,” the article said. “The standard dish currently retails for $349 at retailers such as Best Buy and Walmart, but it’s been discounted to $199 or even $89.”
Seriously, this is raging for the sake of raging. It’s not like they stopped selling the equipment.
MAKE. IT. SHITTY(-ER)!
