alt Hacker NewsChina will match Starlink in ~5 years and will push adoption hard through it's Belt and Road initiative, just as it has with it's (admittedly superior) GPS system. Starlink may become the de facto option in the Western world, but it won't have a chance at a global monopoly.
> Starlink may become the de facto option in the Western world, but it won't have a chance at a global monopoly.
Well, the US sphere of influence, at least.
Musk's aggravating enough of Europe that he may find that door is closing and locking.