[homeaway2]

I don't understand why serving text content -- even a million times -- is so resource intensive that it has to be done on a hosted platform in 2018.

[anderspitman]

Have you heard of Beaker/dat?

https://beakerbrowser.com/

[mantis07]

Yup checked it out. i found one more great app at https://blokada.win/android/

[fwip]

How is an ad-blocker for android related to the discussion?

[heinrichhartman]

What's the alternative? Self-hosting? Don't get me started on this.

IMO hosting platforms are the only sane choice for blogs in 2018 and the foreseeable future.

Also cost is a factor. Hosted solutions are essentially free (in particular GitHub Pages). A dedicated EC2 machine costs 5$/month upwards.