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Ignoring the obvious implications of these actions, doesn't this also fly in the face of net neutrality?

I mean, a guy who effectively serves as the ISP for millions of people, suddenly and arbitrarily deciding he doesn't like a specific type of internet traffic, then proceeds to block their access entirely. So much for Starlink "opening access" to the full Internet...

That's fair, and the article doesn't explain exactly how Elon was able to "cut off connectivity" to the drones, but regardless I think his own stance on how Starlink should be used can be reasonably interpreted as him favoring one form of traffic ('Netflix and chill', 'online school', 'good peaceful things') over another ('war', 'drone strikes').

I'll clarify that while there's a whole legal/political aspect of "net neutrality," I mean more so the general principle of it, in that ISPs shouldn't be limiting or blocking traffic over any other. Obviously, Ukraine can't go against the one providing them with their Internet and almost certainly doesn't have anything enforcing ISP net neutrality, but still, if I were a Ukrainian on the front lines and knew that the erratic dude providing vital internet connectivity to my country can just throw a tantrum about how "Starlink shouldn't be used for wars and drone strikes" and then coincidentally my drones just stop working... I'd be pretty angry.