From NextBigFuture,
Elon Musk has confirmed that after taking over Twitter he will add a clone of Youtube to Twitter.
SpaceX Starlink just passed 250,000 users in April and is now about 1 million users. Starlink could be around 1.5 million users by the end of 2022 and could reach 200-300 million users by 2025.
The generation 2 Starlink satellites will be able to handle the entire internet. Elon Musk will have space satellites for a global communications backbone.
Future Starlink satellites will likely weigh around one ton (~2200 lb) each, be capable of a maximum individual bandwidth of some 60-80 Gbps, and have solar arrays capable of supplying something like 15-20 kilowatts to power an army of antennas. If SpaceX ultimately wins FCC approval, the ~30,000 satellite Starlink Gen2 constellation as proposed would have a total instantaneous bandwidth of at least 500 terabits per second (Tbps) over land (~1800 Tbps including ocean coverage). As of 2020, the total installed bandwidth of global internet infrastructure was estimated to be 600 Tbps.
Youtube makes about $25-30 billion of revenue annually. Twitter makes about $4-5 billion in revenue annually.....
....MUCH MORE
Although I imagine Google thinks they have YouTube protected behind walls, moats and picket fences of patents, I also imagine Mr. Musk can afford some pretty good Intellectual Property counselors/litigators.
I wonder if Cooley is available?
