Self hosting is a scale. But the point is you have the ability to host it how you want. Whether that be on a cloud service that you just throw a docker containe

Self hosting is a scale. But the point is you have the ability to host it how you want. Whether that be on a cloud service that you just throw a docker container at, to a VPS with root, to a bare metal machine co-hosted, to in your basement, the choice is yours.