> Computers are so hard to run now, that we are supposed to give up and pay a subscription to someone ....

Computers were hard to run when installing an OS meant you burnt CDs.

And medium tier "webhosting" meant an expensive control panel with no root access.

I'm amazed how easy things are today, you can setup and tear down operating systems in a minutes, and there's lots of medium tier server competition and a few big players for bigger projects.