If there was a crisis that captivated worldwide attention, and you offered your time, millions of dollars, and your engineering team to help out, and the response was "useless PR stunt", would you be mad about that? (All they had to say was "no thanks, we'll handle it".)
What do you feel about Musk providing Starlink to the Helene victims?
Do you call people pedophiles when they hurt your feelings? If so, you're an asshole too. Do you do it to your 22.5 million followers? Then you're an even bigger asshole.
> What do you feel about Musk providing Starlink to the Helene victims?
To the extent that he did: great! People believe it was philanthropic to a far greater extent than it was. He didn't give away or even loan any Starlink terminals, he gave people essentially 2-3 free months of service after they purchased the ~$400 terminal. The free service is cool! Generosity is good and I'm thankful he gave away what he did.
And obviously it's great that Starlink exists at all to be able to help out in such a situation, even if victims and/or the federal government are footing the majority of the bill.
And FWIW, I think Musk's heart was in the right place trying to help those kids. I was very excited by his work while it was happening. But yeah, the pedoguy thing was a turning point and, unfortunately, quite indicative of an overall slide into a very, very weird mindset that afflicts him to this day. It's a real bummer, because he's obviously capable of incredible things.
Sounds good dude! You’ve done a fine job illustrating my point. There are plenty of legitimate reasons to have disdain for him and the people who can’t see that are engaged in remarkable gymnastics.
What do you feel about Musk providing Starlink to the Helene victims?