@kkarhan I selfhost on an own box and also on some rented VM (for others). So both is not for "free", there are costs for hardware, electricity, internet...
And my head aches when I think about the hours and hours of work I put into this over the years. (Coping with spam and with spam-coping 😆)
I would say, everybody who considers themself a hacker/nerd/techy should selfhost... but given the effort, I can forgive if you don't. 😇 But still: the ideal internet should be P2P! 🏴‍☠️

@kkarhan the reason that I wanted to host my own mail server on my own hardware in 2007 (a VIA EPIA C3 back then) for fun indirectly led to the machine that hosts this mastodon instance now ;)

@kkarhan for my personal e-mail, I use ProtonMail

It does the encryption for me (although I used to do it myself), and the bottom paid tier is what I'd expect to pay for ad-free e-mail

While IANAL, I have a personal legal theory that prevents me from self-hosting, rather than tech limitations. But it borders on a conspiracy theory, so I don't know if it's worth spreading