It's just a figure of speech, a cool-sounding name. No one actually imagines that stars are linked.
Yes, I realize that.
But it goes beyond marketing hype, into the realm of propaganda.
You know what *everyone* thinks about when they hear "starlink"? OUTER SPACE.
And they picture one of those CGI renditions of an "outer space" satellite orbiting around a globe-shaped earth.
Funny thing is, we don't have any photos (actual pictures) of ANY satellite in "outer space". Even though we supposedly have an ISS up there, various space vehicles that go up there all the time to deploy satellites, etc. What, they couldn't afford a $10 camera?
One of the biggest eye-openers for many Flat Earth believers was when they went to Google, searched for photos of "satellites", and could ONLY get CGI RENDITIONS of the things -- in other words, CARTOONS. Not photos. Not reality.