[hamlsandwich]

> A home ISP account typically came with an email address, some space to host a website

But that's not really self-hosting is it? If my ISP can decide to poke around in my user folder and there's nothing I can do about it?

[Silhouette]

No, it's not, but it's a lot closer than using some intermediary service, and it's convertible to true self-hosting if you find you need to later because the data is all under your own control and ownership throughout.