I've been bitten too many times - is Ente a commercial product that pays lip service to self hosting as form of marketing, but with friction to guide you toward

I've been bitten too many times - is Ente a commercial product that pays lip service to self hosting as form of marketing, but with friction to guide you towards the hosted version (e.g. rocketchat and many others) or does it genuinely support self hosting as a first class product?