The AI promised me an $84.75 Starlink refund, then changed its mind

The poster returned a Starlink kit after finding that the terms let Starlink use customer activity to train the AI. Starlink's the AI agreed to an $84.75 refund, then changed its mind six weeks later.

$84.75at stake

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How it works

Signs up for Starlink and pays
Returns the package over the training terms
Starlink's the AI agrees to refund $84.75
Six weeks later the AI changes its mind

Why it’s worth knowing

The refund was agreed by the same the AI he did not want his data training, and it reversed itself six weeks later.

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Summarized from a public post on bsky.app. See the original ↗

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