David Pierce
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Then you got your first customer in Apple.
And so you're like, you're going to build Leo.
You're going to add Global Star's spectrum because Global Star owns some spectrum.
Again, it's not a lot of satellites and...
they're not the same as Starlink in any way, shape, or form.
Like, Leo is closer to Starlink.
The Global Star Network is device-to-satellite connection.
But now you've got a big customer in Apple, which probably didn't want to continue propping up Global Star just for one feature and definitely did not want to take Starlink's terms.
I think Apple and Elon are in a real rough place right now.
There's reporting this week that Apple threatened to pull Grok from the App Store over the AI deepfake stuff.
Yeah, and then didn't, which is ridiculous.
But that is neither here nor there.
Because, again, this is a rough dynamic between these companies.
So I don't think they want to be in Starling's pocket.
So they stood up, and they already have a deal with Amazon.
And Amazon is a much more normal company to deal with.
I'm not saying it's totally normal, but a much more normal company to deal with.