An intranet could be a secure environment walled off from the internet

Deregulation of financial markets and glorification of monetary wealth above all else was also their doing? Gen X were kids when Carter and Regan sent us down the path we’re on now.

Everyone was just copying the French

Rent out your spare compute, like seti@home or folding@home, but it’s something someone could repackage and sell as a service.

It’s nice having control and ownership of your software.

I’m assuming it’s similar to why people run plex, web servers, file sharing, etc

Also personally I’d rather not pay monthly fees for stuff if it can be avoided.