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I know it's not the main topic of the post, but I think it may be worth pointing out that Bluehost is owned by a company infamous for poor quality hosting solut

by CM30 6mo ago

I know it's not the main topic of the post, but I think it may be worth pointing out that Bluehost is owned by a company infamous for poor quality hosting solutions and trying to monopolise the web hosting field: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endurance_International_Group https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endurance_International_Group So regardless of whether you go with WordPress or a different solution, you may want to be cautious about that company. They tend to oversell their services a lot, and care mostly about cost cutting.

Twirrim 6mo ago
Unfortunately that industry has been in a race to the bottom for a very long time. Most customers just care about the dollar amount they're paying. In a race to the bottom there is no corner that can't be cut. I've met so many people over the years who've worked in the industry at some stage (including myself), and not one of us has had a positive experience. All that to say, it's almost certainly true that unless you've specifically heard otherwise about a hosting company, you're probably supporting assholes whoever you use.
- luckylion 6mo ago
  Where is that race to the bottom visible? Surely not in the pricing -- bluehost's intro offers are already expensive (10gb space shared hosting for $3.99 a month -- in 2026?). After a year, it jumps to $11.99 with 12 months terms. That's more than $1 per gb storage. In 2026. There is no race to the bottom.
  - dpark 6mo ago
    Could you do it cheaper? The $10/month gets you storage, but also bandwidth and hosting and a bunch of tooling. Worth it? Probably so if you want something that mostly just works.
    - luckylion 6mo ago
      Me, individually, providing it to one customer? no. At scale, providing it to tens of thousands? yes. It's a perfectly fine price for a customer to pay and not worry about it, but it's not squeezed to extract every fraction of a cent because competition is so fierce. In a race to the bottom you'd expect the bottom to be approached, but it isn't. Bluehost, Kinsta, WPEngine, GoDaddy etc, are marketing companies that sell webhosting, and they have very healthy margins. They compete on ads, not on price.
    - Beijinger 6mo ago
      After a terrible, possibly criminal experience with a hoster, I ended up with: https://www.interserver.net/ https://www.interserver.net/ I am very happy. The speed is insane. I always thought and was told that WP is the reason for a slow website. No, it was my host. I pay around 10 USD per month but I think the smaller plans starts lower. For what it's worth, I am very happy with them. But I only host a few WP and FreshRSS. I think they support python too but for Django I use: https://www.pythonanywhere.com/ https://www.pythonanywhere.com/ I pay 5 USD a month there but I think this plan is not sold anymore.
sjs382 6mo ago
> trying to monopolise the web hosting field What does this even mean?
- CM30 6mo ago
  They own at least 74 different web hosting companies and are buying more brands all the time. They want to own a large percentage of this field at least.

by CM30 6mo ago

Twirrim 6mo ago

Unfortunately that industry has been in a race to the bottom for a very long time. Most customers just care about the dollar amount they're paying. In a race to the bottom there is no corner that can't be cut. I've met so many people over the years who've worked in the industry at some stage (including myself), and not one of us has had a positive experience. All that to say, it's almost certainly true that unless you've specifically heard otherwise about a hosting company, you're probably supporting assholes whoever you use.

luckylion 6mo ago
Where is that race to the bottom visible? Surely not in the pricing -- bluehost's intro offers are already expensive (10gb space shared hosting for $3.99 a month -- in 2026?). After a year, it jumps to $11.99 with 12 months terms. That's more than $1 per gb storage. In 2026. There is no race to the bottom.
- dpark 6mo ago
  Could you do it cheaper? The $10/month gets you storage, but also bandwidth and hosting and a bunch of tooling. Worth it? Probably so if you want something that mostly just works.
  - luckylion 6mo ago
    Me, individually, providing it to one customer? no. At scale, providing it to tens of thousands? yes. It's a perfectly fine price for a customer to pay and not worry about it, but it's not squeezed to extract every fraction of a cent because competition is so fierce. In a race to the bottom you'd expect the bottom to be approached, but it isn't. Bluehost, Kinsta, WPEngine, GoDaddy etc, are marketing companies that sell webhosting, and they have very healthy margins. They compete on ads, not on price.
  - Beijinger 6mo ago
    After a terrible, possibly criminal experience with a hoster, I ended up with: https://www.interserver.net/ https://www.interserver.net/ I am very happy. The speed is insane. I always thought and was told that WP is the reason for a slow website. No, it was my host. I pay around 10 USD per month but I think the smaller plans starts lower. For what it's worth, I am very happy with them. But I only host a few WP and FreshRSS. I think they support python too but for Django I use: https://www.pythonanywhere.com/ https://www.pythonanywhere.com/ I pay 5 USD a month there but I think this plan is not sold anymore.

sjs382 6mo ago

> trying to monopolise the web hosting field What does this even mean?

CM30 6mo ago
They own at least 74 different web hosting companies and are buying more brands all the time. They want to own a large percentage of this field at least.