This is an important question. Maybe universities could play a key role as far as hosting is concerned. Anyhow, imo this question is not the most pressing one.

This is an important question. Maybe universities could play a key role as far as hosting is concerned. Anyhow, imo this question is not the most pressing one. If there is a will, there is a way. However, there is no will! The average person is totally okay with storing their correspondence on fb or google servers. Some energy should be spend on making people want a decentralized web. Better privacy might be nice but even Snowden's revelations couldn't change people's mind. So besides privacy, what additional value would a decentralized web bring to the average person?