I wouldn't call it self hosting. It is more associative hosting. Self hosting is when you do everything yourself and that can be really cheap. It's more work and require more competence but you have the minimum dependency.
I had a bad experience in using non self hosting. I used weebly for my blog because it was free and convenient. Without warning they disallowed free access. I can't modify my data and can't export it. That gives me an unpleasant feeling about weebly and such type of free service.
I now do true self hosting as far as I can. I wouldn't even trust an association.
I had a bad experience in using non self hosting. I used weebly for my blog because it was free and convenient. Without warning they disallowed free access. I can't modify my data and can't export it. That gives me an unpleasant feeling about weebly and such type of free service.
I now do true self hosting as far as I can. I wouldn't even trust an association.