> I really really dislike having to bend to unnecessary restrictions. I don't think I'm alone in that regard. You aren't. I'm one who actually moved from a mor

> I really really dislike having to bend to unnecessary restrictions. I don't think I'm alone in that regard. You aren't. I'm one who actually moved from a more managed product to a VPS precisely because I couldn't get what I needed from the managed solution. It's great we have options, but it's absolutely a false dichotomy that the author is presenting. You can have SaaS solutions for things that fit well, while having VPSs to research and develop things that don't fit into a neat little package (yet).