If you buy the book but listen to it as an audiobook, wouldn’t buying the audiobook in the first place be an option then?

The article you linked answers most of your questions.

1. Relative global upstream traffic went down, but not due to other file-sharing protocols but entirely different applications
2. I2P is not mentioned anywhere in the article, nor any other sharing alternative
3. VPN is mentioned as a potential reason for not being able to identify torrent traffic; VPN has become much more prevalent and promoted in the scene
4. The article says, in piracy, streaming websites are much more popular now

It has not been surpassed by another protocol. The relative numbers don’t say much about absolute numbers or usage.

And 10 % of global internet upload is certainly no irrelevancy.

OP could have included a summary, description, or quote of what they’re referring to and criticizing. They did not.

If you don’t own a Roku device, there’s no reason to read all that. I certainly don’t want to read the full privacy policy either and then guess what OP opened a discussion about or other commenters talk about.

Also, this community is called piracy, not privacy.

I’m confused. The alternative plans are both worse but cost 10 and 15 USD per month while the better one costs 2 USD per month then 4 USD per month? How does that make any sense.