[advael]

Apologies, the prior commenter in the thread mentioned it, and I think the overall claim that someone's being disingenuous is frustrating when the contradiction claimed is hypothetical. My objection here is less to the use of contractors to do things like manufacture the satellites, and more to do with allowing private companies to act the operator of a service that's somewhere between a utility and an emergency service. I think this about companies like comcast too

[inemesitaffia]

Unlike Comcast with its regional monopolies, SpaceX has viable competition in every segment.

For Internet, other satcom providers are now cheaper post Starlink.