[fulafel]

Yes, the ISPs have successfully shifted a lot of the usage away from a peer-to-peer internet to TV-like use cases, and a lot of people don't even miss the old capabilities.

People used to do a lot of file sharing for example over the internet without Dropbox like corporate choke points. And of cousre this article's subject, remote desktop usage, has been important for individual freedom of computing, to be able to eg use your home desktop/IT infra from work or travels.