I think it's a good thing if you can solo mine at home. As long as there are other passionate bitcoiners out there doing the same I believe it does count and that it's worth doing.

Large mining farms might not always be around. When the block reward goes down or they pivot to more profitable ventures like AI, someone needs to pick up the slack. I hope we can grow more bitcoiners that care enough about the network to do a little home mining. You never know your luck!