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by MissTake 814 days ago
Because most people are not techies.

Compared to the rest of the world, the number of people who even know what a VPS is is microscopically small.

And even those that do, the number of them with the time, desire, or skill, to do as you suggest, is even smaller.

I myself was into this sort of thing just 10 years ago. Now, as I start looking at hitting the big 6-0 in just a few years time, I’m already working on divesting myself of all this complexity,