[perydell]

Article looks and sounds like clickbait. One of the fundamental aspects of starlink is the internet access and speed you will get. That doesn't seem to be covered here. You took down your starlink because you couldn't transfer it to someone else, are afraid of the damage starlink is doing to astronomy, and you don't like the design decisions about the new dish that you don't even have? Sorry, this doesn't make any sense.

[gkfasdfasdf]

I don't think it's clickbait at all. The concerns about power usage, proprietary connectors, and lack of ethernet or WiFi 6 seem spot on.

[DwnVoteHoneyPot]

Regarding power usage: old lightbulbs used to be 100W, but now I get to high speed internet by connecting to low orbit satellites at my rural property... I'm not going to complain about 100W.

Propriety connectors: it's not a laptop which i need to connect to many things. I set it up and leave it.

Lack of ethernet: sure, that's a legitimate problem for me... $20 fix.

Wifi 6: as author said, Starlink isn't fast enough to utilize Wifi 6. If author wants Wifi 6 connected devices within the home, that's not Starlink's issue.

[gkfasdfasdf]

Sounds like you are more informed after reading the article. Therefore, it's not clickbait.

[DwnVoteHoneyPot]

I think it is clickbait because I believe nearly all the complaints aren't valid. "I bought a new Lamborghini and it failed after 100 meters!", then in article we find out he brought his Lambo to an old logging road.

[geerlingguy]

I covered that last year in my 4 month review (and linked to that post in the article as well): https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2021/spacexs-starlink-revi...

[nikanj]

I agree, it's very "SEE THIS INSANE DESIGN FLAW IN STARLINK"-esque. And the design flaw is "They elected to use weather-proof proprietary connectors, instead of letting me crimp my own CAT6

[numpad0]

Waterproof RJ45/fiber/USB/UHF RF/anything is not new. Completely waterproof and weatherproof broadband wireless access point is not new, that's what cell tower equipment are. Those had been around since late 20th century.

Now, a proprietary, weather hardened, friction fit, outdoor connector that repurposes USB-C? that's user hostile new.

[nkrisc]

Starlink is not the first device to use CAT6 outdoors. There are plenty of existing RJ45 options.

[bryanlarsen]

But there are no 100W ones.

[i_am_proteus]

Another tell is that the performer in the video assumes an exaggerated facial expression for the thumbnail image, a common practice in click bait videos.

[charcircuit]

Exaggerated emotions are just a way of marketing your video to viewers. It's good marketing.

[BenjiWiebe]

Isn't clickbait good marketing? I don't like it, but I'd say it is good marketing.

[elteto]

It’s typical click-bait YT style: you keep watching and watching waiting for “it” to drop and then the video is over, your time is wasted, and someone made a few millicents or whatever.

I’ve learned nothing new except that there is a custom cable that is somewhat expensive to replace.

[mikestew]

TFA doesn’t talk about what you think it should talk about, so it’s “clickbait”? Granted, “YouTube Face” never helps bolster one’s legitimacy, but what part of the headline did not meet expectations? By your own description, the article delivered.