Summary

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the province will permanently cancel its $100 million contract with Elon Musk’s Starlink, even if U.S. tariffs are lifted.

The decision follows Trump’s 25% tariffs on Canadian imports, which prompted Ontario to ban U.S. firms from contracts.

Ford cited Musk’s ties to Trump as a factor and said he is willing to fight potential legal fallout.

Musk previously responded to cancellation threats with a dismissive “Oh well.”

  • @DozensOfDonner@mander.xyz
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    4429 days ago

    Feel bad for the people at Starlink. I can imagine a few astro-nerds really enjoying their work there and then some moldy bigwig rich guy thinking the world is his sims 4 just fuckes you with tweeting.

    • @xmunk@sh.itjust.works
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      5829 days ago

      Don’t. The tech world has been aware that Musk is a piece of shit for more than a decade.

      Anyone working for a Musk company approves of his craziness.

      • ℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝
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        4429 days ago

        Or is stranded there on a H1B visa. Musk likes them both fanatical and vulnerable.

    • @zalgotext@sh.itjust.works
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      1129 days ago

      Eh, idk. I’m sure there’s smart people doing cool things at Starlink, but the actual product itself is basically a brute force approach to Internet access with a ton of downsides