It sounds like SpaceX wanted to make Starshield & Starlink a bundle deal. To fulfill the DoD contract, they could only operate military Starshield and not consumer Srarlink. They even use different satellites as far as I know.

Starshield is a contract vehicle. Not a product.

The receivers are the same.

i.e it's going to be starlink but only the military can use it from your perspective.

But the same sats, same wireless bands and everything.

I think it's convenient for both Taiwan and SpaceX so nothing public will change

Starshield uses its own purpose-built satellites with different capabilities compared to Starlink.

Starshield is a contract vehicle. Not just a constellation

I don’t see why it has to follow the same rules as consumer Starlink, unless SpaceX wants to make an extra buck by making it a bundle.

Oh I agree. But it allows both parties to save face