Except Starlink already has direct to cell technology, with satellites already in orbit, and limited coverage already available. I don’t know if they’re using 5g, but this tech is available to the public already.
The article states that Starlink requires special equipment to access the satellites, and that’s just not true.
That’s good to know actually.
Oh, that last paragraph doesn’t give me hope at all. Fucking AI chatbots.
I haven’t used Mastodon, but if it’s anything like Lemmy, most people won’t want to bother learning what an instance is or what federation means.
FOSS enthusiasts regularly overestimate how much hassle regular people are willing to put up with to do something, and how much they care about corporations.
They get carried around all day, charged every day, dropped, ports wear out etc. Compared to a computer, they have a hard life, even the most kindly treated ones.
Phones have a hard life compared to a computer, I suspect the number of phones that last four years would be very small, never mind 8.
Who’s the sad sack that downvoted this? When was the last time you dropped your laptop in the sink?
What’s with the attitude?