Just because everyone does it doesn’t mean it’s good.<p>Now, that IPv6 is becoming more popular, and we might be able to provide globally unique IPs for every end device, and that 24&#x2F;7 connected internet is standard, it should be a thing of 2 or 3 clicks to host a webserver.<p>It should be a no-op to set up a raspberry pi to serve websites – and it would definitely provide a lot of kids and students the ability to experiment a lot easier.<p>Remember, Facebook in its early days was hosted from a dorm room at college. Google from a garage.