My use case is pretty unusual, but I don't think that should matter. I'm looking to use my laptop to remote into my gaming desktop so I can run LLLMs from my couch. My ideal is free and open source, but I'd consider something proprietary or costing a one time fee. My only deal breakers are ongoing subscriptions and anything that sends data through their servers.
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You mentioned games: Steam can also show your desktop and I think any program you want. It's just optimized for games. The most optimized protocol is Microsoft's own RDP (remote desktop), but that is far from free, starting with the fact that you have to pay for Windows Pro to even have any remoting capability.
VNC isn't always free. It's based on open source, but at least one company sells a paid version with services. The free version of that -- I think it's RealVNC will also serve as a proxy for you which is convenient for not having to rig up your own solution. Accepting an incoming connection is above many people's ability to manage it.