There's pro and cons. There's a lot that can be automated now. I self-host everything, been doing for more than a decade now. Partly on home server and partly

There's pro and cons. There's a lot that can be automated now. I self-host everything, been doing for more than a decade now. Partly on home server and partly on servers I rent. Everything is kept up to date and the pain points have been fairly low. It's definitely not a set-up and forget thing, but it is definitely not a lot of work. It's also a good way to learn things, the process itself is not a waste of time.