“More alarmingly, SpaceX had recently given the Pentagon an ultimatum: if it didn’t assume the cost of providing service in Ukraine, which the company calculated at some four hundred million dollars annually, it would cut off access.” https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/08/28/elon-musks-shadow-rule #spacex #ukraine #musk
I think SpaceX was always clear that they were providing the donation of service as a charitable move that wouldn't last forever, that they couldn't just keep losing money indefinitely.
So it's a bit strange to frame it as an ultimatum.
It's more of an offer to continue the service on a sustainable footing.
It's like saying McDonald's gave me an ultimatum that if I didn't pay them $5 they wouldn't give me a hamburger. I wouldn't call that an ultimatum.
