Ah, the techbro defence. "We already started doing it, so I guess you're just going to have to let us".

> Whether they like it or not,

A swarm of LEO satellites because in the current political climate it's easier to massively pollute orbits and prevent astronomy than do municipal internet is not, in fact, a law of nature; nor is it inevitable.

> But building international consensus; or even enforcing what little there is on that front could be challenging.

Ah, a challenge! Let's all give up immediately; this could make some rich people a lot of money, after all!

> Luckily we now are able to launch stuff into orbit a lot cheaper. Including astronomy related hardware.

Would you like to pay for launching Vera C. Rubin (8.4m, nearly 20,000kg for just the camera and mirrors) into space? How about the TMT (30m, expected ~2.6 million kg)? Truly spoken like someone who knows nothing about astronomy.

> And otherwise, astronomy is very interesting and cool but mostly it concerns observations about things that are really really far away and not directly relevant to a lot of things on earth.

Apparently fundamental physics is not very relevant to us here on Earth! This is one of the most small-minded statements I've ever read.