It is basically always being in character.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayfabe

Because you must never break kayfabe

Yes, the senile psycho-moralists making these dumbass laws

Could it be the one with a well documented history of lying spanning over a decade?

Could be that he’s an asshole who thinks he and his “people” are somehow superior.

I had the same problem in jerboa. Solution for me was to go to settings > look and feel > set low bandwidth mode to off

The number of appliances that have an app is fucking insane. I’m sorry, but I don’t need my oven to have internet connectivity. We got by just fine before.