If this were profit driven then surely they would have some method where you could pay them more for longer access, right?
Afaik it was in the past like that - they had a way to buy more international data or something like that
At least some time ago you could retain access by paying for priority blocks of bandwidth.
Yes there is, that's what "global priority" is for. It's much more expensive but allows you to go to any country where service isn't blocked for any length of time.
They do. It used to be called Global Priority, and now it's called Global Business.
Because roaming is often the only way for international companies into more corrupt countries telecom sectors.
Mostly because now it requires doxxing yourself to SpaceX; I assume they have been told that they are not allowed to sell global service to unidentified users as their government does not wish for Russians to use it to blow up Ukrainians.
Yeah, I reckon that is it. It's actively being used to manage drones in combat.
Possibly also that countries don't want telecoms operating outside of their regulatory framework.
if it profit driven then spacex would gladly sells starlink to russia