Are we still doing LAMP stacks? Is that still the thing to recommend?

Start small. Do one thing at a time. Set up apache, learn how to secure it, expose it, filter out probes and bots, etc. This is a long and fulfilling journey. Maybe.

And a lot of people do. Cellular and satellite internet is excellent for rural and certain business use cases. I have gigabit fiber, and I’m considering one of those in case the Internet goes out if fiber is hit or if we lose utility power (I have a battery backup system).

Yes. Those folks are scared when it rains too hard. The connection does become more unstable.

I still acknowledge that your point is valid for everyone else however.

While I agree SD cards are unfeasible, Google Cloud Services offers a Transfer Appliance. MSFT Azure Databox is a mere $350 for a round trip 100Tb NAS freight box. I think that something could have been arranged.

And TiVo already has the tech to skip ads in recorded media. I only point this out to show that it is possible to do context based filtering and skip to timestamps. Smart programmers will find a way, and the war continues.