[DeadlyBrad42]

A good tip, but not always an option for some people. Especially if you're interested in using some sort of niche blogging software. (As in, not Wordpress or something popular)

Not everyone has time / money to set up and host their own blog.

[thwarted]

That's why it's a protip. If you want to avoid the hassle that come with outsourcing some of your core infrastructure, like having to deal with waiting for bugs to be fixed, then self-managed hosting is the only option. But you're just trading one set of hassles for another. And if you're interested in running some niche blogging software, good luck finding a service that will do that. If you want to outsource to a service, you're limited to what services are providing, which is usually those that are popular.