You can port forward anything that you want to face the web.
Maybe I can, anyone who's tried to manage p2p connections knows that the general public has a lot of trouble with this or can't do it - sometimes due to multiple layers of NAT. UPnP doesn't help either because it's not enabled.
Personally, I like the added protection of my own router.
You might be interested in the added protection of a firewall then where you could block unsolicited connections.
I said this 15 years ago, and I'll say it again, IPv6 will never fly. Ever. We will all just nat and forget about it.
It's starting to fly already! Lots of ISPs have the equipment when they upgrade and it's a good alternative to multi-level NAT. Sure makes p2p connections easy.
What about a smart fridge that keeps track of what food you have? That'd be useful to access while at the grocery store. (I know, I know...:you damn kids with all your technology..."). There are lots of devices that would be nice to access remotely but can't because of NAT.
Basically if you can port forward, you can configure a firewall in the same way for the technology adverse folk.