Profitability is important, true, but plebs do many things unprofitable.

Running a Bitcoin Node is not 'profitable' either, but people run them because they want to participate and belong to the network.

The success of #nerdminer is a clear example.

Homemining should be easier and sexier.

Is not going to be never as profitable as industrial mining. It can't compete with industry but I think it deserves to exist by its own merits.