Yes, I completely agree and understand this, for now.

I do think though that given how much of a rise in popularity self-hosting has had in the last years, heck, decade, infrastructure has also improved, will continue to improve, and there's something we can take advantage of there.

By self-hosting I don't necessarily mean it needs be in your home - I have a self-hosted stack at home, but also have one running in a DC with redundant power and internet feeds which I use for "public" use and pay for out of pocket.

Regardless, my point is to go smaller. Let's host for our friends and family, if they pay for ruggable services, surely they can spare some change for upkeep costs whilst maintaining a higher degree of trust.

Stability and keeping downtime to a minimum is something that with time I've come to believe mainly comes down to process. 4/5 times any downtime I have is caused by something I touched. The software in general tends to be stable and works as it should - Have you found the contrary? If so, I'd be curious to know what your infra stack looks like.

Finally, I think it's a vision worth considering as a stepping-stone between general custodial services, and full self-custody.