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Starlink is refusing to comply with Brazil's X ban (Update: Starlink will comply) (www.engadget.com)
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[โ€“] FrowingFostek@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So Musk decided not to leverage this influence and instead acquiesced to a foreign government for funsies.

Sounds like him.

[โ€“] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

He acquiesced once he could no longer absorb the personal economic cost of defiance.

But the threat of extradition would raise the stakes considerably.