> CardDAV server support has effectively been deprecated, making it difficult to synchronize contacts. My new hosting provider doesn't seem to host CardDAV Hav

> CardDAV server support has effectively been deprecated, making it difficult to synchronize contacts. My new hosting provider doesn't seem to host CardDAV Have you considered a notebook? >In general, I've been maintaining a few WordPress-native sites since about 2018 Wordpress has a lot of vulns and needs updated reguarly, have you considered using a static site? there are frameworks that generate stativc sites >I had had an email list, but apparently sending via SMTP is no longer natively run through the CRM anymore without a paid service or self-hosting? How did you have an email list if you only have about five people coming to you a day? >I'm not presently getting paid to do what I love (i.e., not paid to do tech work), so I'd like some perspective. I don't love tech, I chanced down a very weird path due to being the sysadmin to abusive parents who eventually developed cognitive issues because they spike their glucose like a football. it sounds like you use a lot of resources and want to pay the bare minimum, but aren't exactly a thought leader -- is there something you bring to the table you aren't mentioning, like being an underground comedian, a poet, an "influences" in that more organic way? if not, it might be less about walled gardens and more about you're not good for business - you use a lot, pay a little, and don't have the connections to justify it. (just my two cents, as i do my morning email and restrain the urge to curse out loud at the browser warnings one gets when you try to do everything over onionland and your enemies want to track you across the web)