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No, they've been promising laser links with (IIRC) v1.5 for a while.

I very much doubt v2 will be on F9, they're much bigger so the 47 they can fly now will drop significantly (if it can even fit in the extended fairing, I'm not sure it can).

They've got a 'pez dispenser' already worked out too for starship, just need to light that candle now. Ramped up testing again last week so I'm hoping it'll be soon (said that 12 months ago)

No need to doubt.

https://spacenews.com/spacex-adds-falcon-9-back-to-second-ge...

I mean, I know they've been taking the financial hit for the starlink launches as they ramp up the subscriber base, but this seems really ineffective.

No, they've been on all v1.5 satellites that have been launching for a little over a year now.