>Running a server used to be trivial: run an executable, tell people your address, done.

This is the draw to onionv3 services for me. It's still exactly like this.

I made a post the other day wondering why they aren't way more popular than they are. Do most people just not know? It's a pretty nice thing to be able to do.

Especially in a world where you can create your own utilities very easily, it's the perfect way to gain back some sovereignty over your compute in the age of CGNAT.

Sure it's not blazing fast or anything...but it's perfectly adequate for 90% of things.