Comment by narragansett

Remote access lacks a certain amount of sex appeal -- thanks for reading the through the techno-babble and not giving up :)

And yes -- open source and self-hostable is a big part it. The other half is that the connecting side can be a browser, so there's no client to install on whatever you happen to be sitting at. Tailscale is a network you join, this is closer to a link you hand someone.

Also taking "read a whole bunch of text first" as a hint. That comparison probably belongs higher up the README.