Hmmm. When I am boondocking, I seem to see way more than 2,000 stars in the sky. Maybe 2,000 when viewing the sky in a city.
I am not too concerned about it. Even if there are 12,000 birds put up there by SpaceX, it is going to take much longer than I will be around to get them all up there. If they can launch 10 at a time, and do a launch each month, that will be 100 years to put them all up. If they can launch more each time, then they will be pretty small, and may not be visible to the naked eye.
I like trying to spot satellites when I am stargazing.
If someone is looking through binoculars or a telescope, the chances of a SpaceX satellite entering your field of view will be, in my opinion, very slim.
Yes, there is legitimate concern of additional hazards flying around, and I will grant that is valid. But, as for seeing a swarm of them in the small portion of sky we can see while stargazing, I think that is being overblown.
