[esperent]

It's an American company polluting the night sky for the entire world, for a service that will ultimately be access gated by the US government/private industry. That's where the negative sentiment is coming from. Who cares which of the many equally shitty US billionaires/oligarchs is funding it?

[gordonhart]

Do you feel the same way about Guowang and Qianfan, two very real very large constellations notably not funded by US billionaires?

[inemesitaffia]

And are also worse in several ways?

[throwaway132448]

This is a dumb question given that being funded by a US billionaire is what shapes their opinion.