Gotta ask again: how much GB of storage on their phone do you think the average air traveler would be willing to donate to people so that their transoceanic fellows would be able to watch tiktoks from their homeland? How about porn? And given that GP seemed to dream of communications uncensorable by governments, how long would it be until a mandatory phone scan would be required before boarding a flight? For that matter, why would a government like Iran or North Korea even let phones into their country without a thorough cleansing of non-sanctioned information beforehand?

I'm all for balancing the power of governments with the power of their citizens but mesh networks have so many practical downsides that they are just Not The Way tbh.