My hangup with self-hosting is due to the fact that I have a family for whom managing their entire library would be a full-time job. It’s unfortunately worth the $15/month for me to not have to constantly take requests for new music, add that to the server, troubleshoot when things don’t work, etc.

So, I’ve added Lemmy.world and Kbin to my social media browsing habits but they’re not the only sites I spend my time on like in the old days with Reddit a decade ago. I would imagine it’s the same for other users too.