I'm not a user of neocities, but I know plenty of people who do use it..and they all use it for reasons having to do with principles as well as fun, and less so

I'm not a user of neocities, but I know plenty of people who do use it..and they all use it for reasons having to do with principles as well as fun, and less so about technology. The people i know who use neocities might consider github and other similar offerings as the continued centralization of all the things, where neocities would be considered "the alternative". Of course, if enough users also populate neocities and github, then we have less decentralization, and more of a duopoly...but still the folks i know who use it, just think of neocities as the scrappy offering alternative to the "big powers" - so not just against github but also other big web hosting powerrs who behave more centralized. In addition, and beyond the principles aspect, they often like neocities because its a bit nostalgic back when the web was weird, quirky, and more fun - and not so bland and corporate-like as it often seems to be these days. Final note, the people - that i know - that are neocities users are actually quite tech-savvy enough to use github, so its not that they lack the competency to use github, its just that they *choose* not to.