If you're looking for a terminal degree that is more application oriented, you may want to consider other options like a Doctorate of Engineering, EdD etc. Otherwise a PhD assumes close proximity to your advisor and lots of projects, publications etc

I don't think so. PhD in CS and other related fields is a pretty intense affair nowadays (or has always been, idk) due to the crazy publication throughput one is required to have. Remote or part-time PhD options benefit no one.

You mean temporarily during the Covid period or for the whole program? As with the sibling poster, I don't think it's a great idea for the whole PhD. But maybe I'm just old fashioned :)