When it comes to running in the "cloud", I'd probably go for Hetzner. Way way way cheaper than the examples mentioned in this post. I guess the main question is, how much is privacy really worth to you - or what other alternatives are there that meet my demands ie. Mapbox?
Think I'll give this a go, always have wanted to run my own instance of OSM, to see how performant it is/how much traffic you can handle on a single server.
Also the quality, though. I don't know how many times we got email notifications that our VPS will be rebooted or our storage unavailable due to maintenance this or that. Don't know if that's normal but it's another argument, in my situation at least, to keep hosting my modest requirements at home or from the office if it's work stuff.
Think I'll give this a go, always have wanted to run my own instance of OSM, to see how performant it is/how much traffic you can handle on a single server.