Your original post says 70% loss, i.e. 30% efficiency. In the context of an e-bike, to me, 70% efficiency is fine. It's a large bike and the majority of the power for the majority of users is likely going to be coming from the battery anyways.
Also presumably we should be comparing the efficiency to other ebikes not traditional bikes. I'm not sure how effective traditional ebikes are at integrating motor + human power together but I'd imagine there are some additional losses.
Mine goes somewhat unused because of this (although definitely less than 10 swipes per try). If I was to buy another ereader I'd want at a minimum physical buttons for forward/back.
Seems like there is a lot of higher margin opportunity than residential available in business/gov.
I see they have a business at 500/mo. Wonder what the breakdown is.
Judging from their land coverage they are still a bit off doing container/oil/bulk/cruise/yatchs. With better coverage it seems like yachts/boating could run pretty high margin given the current options.
It will be interesting to see the induced demand starlink has. With remote work it makes stuff like rural housing and long term cruising a viable living option for a lot more people.
The way pricing is going on solar/batteries off grid is becoming pretty reasonable if you are willing to not mcmansion.