They lowered orbit from 550km to 380km for some reasons which there aren’t any official explanations from Starlink.
Some believe that they were probing how good the Chinese Space Station can detect such risk. And the intent may be link to the pentagon as they invested in StarLink.
I think the propaganda is on the other side. The government gained support over its recent initiatives in building strong economy, city infrastructure projects, vastly improved public services which affects most people’s daily routines.
Quite agree, every single line of code written requires lifetime support. Code adds up and reduces productivity gradually, so only write code in core business logics.