> I can still easily torrent most books and software, download scientific papers, emulate modern consoles and securely exchange data with people in any country less locked down than North Korea
You can also go to jail for any of the above, should your particular government authority decide to throw the book at you.
Technical capability is necessary, but rarely sufficient.
First off, not everyone is using I2P to hide their torrenting. If they were, I'm pretty sure we'd have to worry about a well-funded actor (like the RIAA of old) flooding the network with new nodes to be able to expose users.
It's instructive to read the I2P threat model, https://geti2p.net/en/docs/how/threat-model, as it details a number of potential attacks within reach of a large corporate or state-level adversary
You can also go to jail for any of the above, should your particular government authority decide to throw the book at you.
Technical capability is necessary, but rarely sufficient.