The US decision to privatize space has given Elon Musk immense power over how satellite communications are used and who has access to them. He controls 53% of active satellites in orbit, and countries have started voicing concerns to US officials. They won’t speak publicly for fear of the consequences of angering Musk.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/07/28/business/starlink.html
What? The US didn't decide to privatize space. In fact it entered into international agreements with the exact opposite focus, preventing governments from nationalizing space.
So SpaceX controls SpaceX satellites. There's nothing strange about that. And any other firm is welcome to lunch its own satellites under its own control should it want to.
This is stretching hard to try to make a dramatic narrative where there really isn't one.
