Hearing reviews from remote people (unvarnished youtube video reviews), it is transformative for them to have this level of internet service, warts and all. The service reliability is going to improve significantly as they fly more satellites, and they have really stepped up their launch cadence. To be clear, SpaceX has dubbed the service that they are providing now "Better than nothing". It more than lives up to that promise.
If we are concerned about the cost, the federal government can subsidize hardware and/or monthly subscription costs. I imagine Starlink will eventually offer lower cost/lower service tiers. The challenge with that will be the fact that the downlink hardware likely costs ~$2k. Some of that is paid upfront but the rest is repaid in subscription revenue. SpaceX would like to get the hardware cost down but the phased array antennas are pretty sophisticated chips. If you see a teardown of the downlink terminal it is a pretty impressive board.