I think the Wired of Serial Experiments Lain is pretty accurate.

Companies like Meta are actively trying to create an immersive digital world (the “metaverse”) like the Wired.

And the Wired is symbolic of the issues with the modern internet, from the escapism and addiction to rumors to false information shaping peoples views to companies controlling the world throigh algorithms and censorship.

The multiple Lains are symbolic of how everyone can a different view of you and your opinions, often shaped by lies, and the Wired Lain which is the one of these actually controlled by her is symbolic of how we act differently online than in real life.

Masami Eiri is symbolic of companies and powerful individuals controlling online narratives and owning most of the internet you interact with.

The Phantoma game is symbolic of how the things that happen and the things that are said online have real world consequences.

It is an absolutely brilliant show which I highly recommend watching if you like visual metaphors.

However the reason why those non-tech savvy have access to pirated content for free, with fast download speeds and with unlimited downloading is because of torrents. Bittorrent is what makes that possible.

Least blatant marketing post. You’re not even in a fitting sub.

But his ISP router will have UPNP enabled which does it for him.

Flud is an Android client and it’s as easy as it gets.

P2P being what made it popular is still the truth. It democratises media distribution as you do not have to pay for expensive hosting or cloud storage, meaning you can download pirate files without having to pay Turbobit, Rapidgator or other service for a speed faster than a few hundred kb/s.

You can turn the telemetry and Recall off in the Windows settings. The privacy & security tab has everything.

Copilot can be uninstalled with Revo uninstaller like everything else.

You can remove it. There is actually an “IoT Enterprise LTSC” edition that is fresh from the start, though it may not support the very latest hardware so install 11 Pro then use Revo uninstaller’s Windows apps tab to remove the junk.

I wouldn’t recommend it. Just install ExplorerPatcher to get the old UI back.

The amount of telemetry is essentially the same and most of it can be turned off in the settings.

My 2.0 signal advice is for those using the built-in TV speakers or a soundbar who wonder why dialouge is so quiet.

Also, most TV’s don’t have an arbitrary slider for gamma. 2.2 is a target that many of the same model of TV should be within about 0.5 of when selected.

That advice is for those using LCD TVs with a 300 nit max brightness, not a 1000 nit OLED where BT.1886 may be more appropriate.

Set the gamma to 2.2 and make sure the eco mode is turned off.

You should also select the 2.0 audio track when available, or try the dynamic compression/volume normalisation setting.

It’s pretty new

Almost all TVs come with a power saving or eco mode enabled by default which ruins visibility. Find that in the settings and turn it off. You should also turn off motion interpolation (e.g Trumotion, Clear Motion Plus, Motionflow) so motion doesn’t become a smeary and artificial mess.

You can usually fix it by turning off power saving/eco mode and setting the gamma to 2.2 on your TV. You should also turn off motion smoothing (Trumotion/Auto Motion Plus/Motionflow/Clear Motion) so motion doesn’t look overly smooth and fake.