The UK obviously is no longer a superpower. But the BBC is the cornerstone of the UKs modern global soft power projection. Broadcasting it free projects the UK government’s voice around the world directly into homes, influencing world policy to their liking.

Putting a paywall in the US sends a message that they feel it is not needed or not effective in the US market.

It also mirrors what paid sport broadcasting in the UK has done. Paywall it for short term gain, at the expense of long term viewership growth. The UK is struggling.

OMG thats what that is… I thought I was crazy

Same. But I opened a Proton Mail and forwarded all my emails there. Now I am slowly (when bored) updating all my services to the new email. You can do it. Step by step over many years. But start now

I use Jellyfin and VPN into my home network to stream on the go.

still feels a little bit like the old internet.

Yes! I miss it.

I do not belive it feasible to police personal consumer WAPs or force mac address filtering on them. Perhaps they will block the mac addresses on govt APs.