I miss the days when I could set up some random Apache server and leave it running with zero attention for a decade or two.
These days it seems like even the tiniest of projects have random sysadmin work like a compulsory change to https certs with little notice.
It's frustrating and I think has contributed to the death of the noncommercial corners of the internet.
I just checked, and one of my web servers has an uptime of 845 days, last login May 2 of last year. Based on the shell history I don’t believe I’ve touched the letsencrypt config on it since I set it up in 2020 ish.
I agree, however the simplest place for a static bit of the web seems to be an s3 bucket with cloudfront or something similar.
Please accept the new T&C's within 90 days or your account will be terminated...
2 factor Auth now compulsory.
Please validate your identity with our third party identity provider so we can confirm you are not on the sanctions list. If you do not, your account will be blocked.
Etc etc. Every third party service requires at least a little work and brainspace.