> What do other people do for ad-free hosting? By your own domain a $5/month VPS and host your apps just the way you like it. Just 10 years ago, geeks like us

> What do other people do for ad-free hosting? By your own domain a $5/month VPS and host your apps just the way you like it. Just 10 years ago, geeks like us used to take pride in buying domain and creating a personal presence with one's domain name. Don't people do that anymore? I find this trend of looking for free hosting services a bit disturbing. Because you know the cliche that when you are not paying for a service, you are the product. Even if you do not want to buy a $5/month VPS, please buy the domain. Costs less than $1/month (more like $10/year) and point the domain to your favorite free hosting service with CNAME entries. GitHub and Heroku support such custom domains with CNAME entries.