I'd rather pay them to do it. The last time I self-hosted, it was WordPress, and the temptation to tinker was too great and distracted from the actual goal of having a blog.
That's likely one of the biggest reasons you can't get a shared host to run this.
WordPress is still installable via Softaculous.
call it gHosting
Looks like I have a weekend project now!
And this is precisely the pain point of the gp... This isn't just reasonable, it's utterly sensible.
That's why I want Ghost to offer a lower tier. That way I could get started at a price I can afford where I'm at, support the development of Ghost, and have an easy upgrade path if I need it. It's the curve, not the price, that I don't like.