You start by grouping all sources of advice in to two categories:
1) those who say you can't and/or shouldn't do it. They don't know you. They might as well say you can't fix your own computer, you can't learn to write a shell script, or you can't fix your own car. They "can't" because they're afraid of failing. Ignore them completely.
2) those who say you can, and give you tips on what's difficult and how to make things better. Obviously we can self host, as many people, myself included, do self host, have done so for ages, and will continue to do so.
Some people in category 1) try to make themselves seem reasonable by bringing up these huge lists of things you have to do, but it's all completely doable. Just recognize when a particular person happens to be in category 1), and stop wasting time with them :)
I've self-hosted continuously since the late '90s, and I've even experimented with starting over, so to speak (that is, starting with a completely new domain and new IP), and it's work, but nothing beats OWNING your own data and email. Having direct access to logs means you know exactly whether delivery attempts were made, whether destination servers accepted email for delivery, and precisely when. If you have an interest, it's totally worth it.
1) those who say you can't and/or shouldn't do it. They don't know you. They might as well say you can't fix your own computer, you can't learn to write a shell script, or you can't fix your own car. They "can't" because they're afraid of failing. Ignore them completely.
2) those who say you can, and give you tips on what's difficult and how to make things better. Obviously we can self host, as many people, myself included, do self host, have done so for ages, and will continue to do so.
Some people in category 1) try to make themselves seem reasonable by bringing up these huge lists of things you have to do, but it's all completely doable. Just recognize when a particular person happens to be in category 1), and stop wasting time with them :)
I've self-hosted continuously since the late '90s, and I've even experimented with starting over, so to speak (that is, starting with a completely new domain and new IP), and it's work, but nothing beats OWNING your own data and email. Having direct access to logs means you know exactly whether delivery attempts were made, whether destination servers accepted email for delivery, and precisely when. If you have an interest, it's totally worth it.