Point taken, but the one you didn’t ask which is most important is - who provides the bandwidth? And that may likely have to be some non-US entity. Which in turn means they US can block it
But note that I didn’t make any reference to the internet, you did that. The bandwidth precludes video and large graphics but digital HF radio is an option, but direct broadcast satellites (i.e. cubesats) have been built by high school classes and a number of non-US launch options exist.
And Starlink. It is not priced competitively now for a reason, but after Musk’s vision of 12,000 LEOs is a reality, that will change. It’s usability depends on how sane or crazy Elon Musk is.
Or both.............................