“People get tired of hosting stuff for $8/month plus whatever the domain registration takes per year. Or they reinstall the OS on their Raspberry Pi machines, and forget that they were running Jetforce or something like that.”
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Well, yes… self-hosting is nice until you face problems or unexpected costs for something not appealing anymore.
There are many technical alternatives, although I think the main problem is human. Our fears, expectations, desires and such.