You make a good point, we don’t actually know the SpaceX’s internal cost for manufacturing and operating Dragon. We do however know much much NASA is paying them for the services, and this article is simply pointing out that based on the information we do know, Starliner has used about 2x the funds that Dragon has. By all accounts, Dragon has been extremely successful. At this point, it actually makes money for SpaceX. That is not the case for Boeing.
You make a good point, we don’t actually know the SpaceX’s internal cost for manufacturing and operating Dragon. We do however know much much NASA is paying them for the services, and this article is simply pointing out that based on the information we do know, Starliner has used about 2x the funds that Dragon has. By all accounts, Dragon has been extremely successful. At this point, it actually makes money for SpaceX. That is not the case for Boeing.