You’ve just outlined a lot of reasons why we don’t: 1) Filesharing went from “harmless, only a few geeks do it” to “theft on a level that will put ‘us’ out of

You’ve just outlined a lot of reasons why we don’t: 1) Filesharing went from “harmless, only a few geeks do it” to “theft on a level that will put ‘us’ out of business” 1a) Media companies and device makers merged which means that device makers are now beholden to the copyright regime. Previously they argued “we just make tools, we can’t be responsible for how people use them” but we’ve lost those allies. 2) Openly sharing folders by default was great when everyone knew what they were doing, but the public now recognizes that there are real consequences when people don’t know what they are doing. From being “exposed as an imposer” (harmless and common imposter syndrome) to all manner of life/death consequences. It’s a whole different landscape. 3) No protocol is secure forever. Having all devices communicate with each other means that it’s only a matter of (usually a short) time before people can view other people’s personal information, and that leads right to point 2. 4) Similar to point 1, service providers have deals with device manufacturers and those providers don’t want people to be able to bypass them. They even write terms of service that say you’re not allowed to share with your neighbours so that even in the densest cities they can charge all 500 households that are within wifi range of each other though that creates a worse experience as the signals clobber each other.