Plenty of systems require operation to know if they are functional or not. So it’s pretty easy to think of ways that the aircraft can indicate a malfunction when it’s first leaving the gate with passengers aboard.

That doesn’t mean it is any less shitty.

JFC more of this? I really wish the FCC had the teeth to prevent this shit.

Only so many people want to hear him talk.

I’m stuck with it because of work. Luckily, “Industry 4.0” is completely fucking fed up with M$ and they’re abandoning Windows in droves. I’m just waiting for my vendor to finish polishing their MacOS and Linux alternatives.

Them taking control away from me makes me not use them. Not a problem at all.

XM… as in the radio? That’s unidirectional, low-bandwidth. It could be served by geostationary because the latency from source to receiver doesn’t really matter.

However, the internet is highly transactional and thus it requires a very low latency. LEO was chosen because it is closest - the speed of light is the dominant factor for latency when comparing GST and LEO. Yes, that increases costs, but it is the only way to make the internet served by satellite be suitable for modern day use.