I feel like Self-hosting is like playing the game of life on the hardest mode possible.

The easiest is always to pay for services or let others have the responsibility. That's the Easy Mode.

When Self-hosting, mind blowing fucked up things will happen, your head will sometimes explode because you will doubt everything you learned, things that always worked will stop working for no apparent logical reason.

Maybe you'll understand that some data was corrupted, maybe you backed your servers up, maybe you didn't, maybe you can recover data, maybe you can't.

Sometimes you will feel amazing for your achievements, sometimes things just stop working even for things you won't control. ( Energy and Internet Suppliers ).

Most people even with high curriculum and studies opt for the easy mode. And that's okay.

Others enjoy the struggle and the amount of knowledge that comes with that.

Choose your path, and stick with it.

Pros of Self-hosting: self enlightenment, joy of achieving great things, freedom, saving money, power.

Cons of Self-hosting: Time consuming, stress, dangerous if not done with responsibility, requires patience and perseverance, may be actually more expensive on your personal and professional time, if your time can be indeed valuable. You may be able to actually sell more, or be more profitable if you don't lose time thinking about the hosting itself.