I do self-host but the amount of maintenance that physical machines require is a cost in itself.
You placed the laptop in a location where slowly but surely there is a dust build up in the fans? You get some issues.
Hard drives start degrading? You get some issues.
And so on, while I've been running some personal things off VPSs too and those never had a single second of downtime. My home machine is my pride and joy but for sure 1 day a year on average there is something. But much cheaper in terms of raw components and performance.
So, yeah, it makes sense if you want the things you run not become a side job/hobby.
You placed the laptop in a location where slowly but surely there is a dust build up in the fans? You get some issues.
Hard drives start degrading? You get some issues.
And so on, while I've been running some personal things off VPSs too and those never had a single second of downtime. My home machine is my pride and joy but for sure 1 day a year on average there is something. But much cheaper in terms of raw components and performance.
So, yeah, it makes sense if you want the things you run not become a side job/hobby.