There is some advantage in security, deployment is easier, performance can be better if page generation is intensive, and backend data stores can be avoided com

There is some advantage in security, deployment is easier, performance can be better if page generation is intensive, and backend data stores can be avoided completely. None of these are major reasons though and it’s mostly just popular tech stacks from the rise of javascript frameworks and UI. Most static hosting providers are just a basic file/web server with a CDN in front. It’s especially interesting as they now have come full circle with generate-on-demand pages, which is basically a dynamic backend.