Not mine, but a home system like this used to be able to serve files online.

In years past, I could set up a home server to share web pages or other content to the rest of the internet. But many Internet Server Providers (ISPs) have broken this. My home computer can no longer serve files in a web page, directly from my machine to a website visitor. Some people report they have been able to get around this technical problem by changing their router configuration. But it doesn't work for everyone. And I don't have a router. I am using my cell phone for internet access. The cell phone company has made it nearly impossible to make a server at home on the default equipment.

However, I have come to realize there is somewhat of a way around this problem, if we want to share files live using our own hardware: torrents.

With LibreTorrent installed on my Android device, I was able to upload files directly to peers without going through another website.... at very fast speeds. And no hardware changes were required.

With Transmission installed on my Linux computer, I was able to do the same, again using the cell phone as my portal into the internet.

Censorship will continue to worsen, and if you want to be able to share content without it getting blocked, torrents could be a temporary solution.

An advantage to using LibreTorrent on Android is that there is unlimited data for me (and for you if you have a similar deal), because it does not use any hotspot data. The Transmission program running on the Linux computer would use the hotspot data. But it still could be used for low-bandwidth applications.

I wish we as individuals would share content directly with each other, and rely less on the main corporations that increasingly censor us.