How did Arkangel still work after Sara became a teenager?

How did Arkangel still work after Sara became a teenager? - Gray Wall Paint

After watching the new Black Mirror, I've been wondering: if Arkangel was banned in Europe, and was soon to be banned in the US while Sara was still a child, how did it continue to work when she became a teenager?

Surely the company would have been shut down by then, thus making the device useless as the servers would have been turned off?

Or is there something more sinister about the Arkangel system and how it works?



Best Answer

There's no real indication that it requires a backend.
Maybe we're supposed to believe it only needs the implant & 'iPad' to function.

This is a similar theme throughout Black Mirror. Technologies are simply a "given" with little explanation as to how they function. Historically, much good sci-fi has done the same. You don't need to know how it works, or even its history, to appreciate the tale being told using that tech as a backdrop. You just have to accept "it works".

Many of the Black Mirror stories are actually 'moral tales' - they just use a tech backdrop to provoke a stronger sense of it not being quite current-day, even though the audience is aware it is indeed a 'mirror' of current society... hence the title.




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What happens to Sara Black Mirror?

Three-year-old Sara (Aniya Hodge) gets lost following a cat and a distressed Marie has to enlist help from neighbours to locate her. Afterwards, Marie signs her up to a trial of Arkangel, a child monitoring system installed via an implant.

What is the theme of Arkangel black mirror?

The focus of this essay is on \u201cArkangel,\u201d the episode that examines the love between a mother and her daughter whose relationship is built, maintained, and ultimately destroyed by technology. Love comes in many forms, but healthy relationships tend to have universal themes.



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