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Easier than asking family members to install a new software, then ask them to share their "node" to you.

Imagine you can remote desktop connect to your parents' computer after their phone call.

The data cap is on your cell service (the US also has that). Net neutrality is debatable given the traffic is between my own devices so presumably no one gets hurt (think of accessing and streaming from your NAS at home).




> Easier than asking family members to install a new software, then ask them to share their "node" to you.

Right, but not easier than static IP (or dyn dns), both of which require technical knowledge and procedure to set up. I really don’t see the great simplification here. Plus you’d still have firewalls and it’d stop working as soon as you (the client) leave your company’s garden (eg at work). To be fair, static IPs also wouldn’t work when your parents (the server) move their device.

> The data cap is on your cell service (the US also has that). Net neutrality is debatable given the traffic is between my own devices so presumably no one gets hurt (think of accessing and streaming from your NAS at home).

Fair enough. That I don’t mind. I really dislike configuring multiple devices for an ISP, that’s consumer lock in imo. The provider can simply implement hairpinning on their infrastructure and the traffic won’t leave their network anyway.




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