It is nice to see a site preaching this that isn't hosted by Cloudflare or GitHub Pages

Github Pages is free hosting with domains and ssl, no bills, and has good longevity and prospects. I don't want to worry or think about a static site, and big players like Github and Cloudflare seem to fit that best.

What’s your preference?

I also “preach” GitHub pages a lot but I’ve also written about hosting on a Raspberry Pi in my bedroom.

https://joeldare.com/private-analytics-and-my-raspberry-pi-4...

Literally anything that isn't big tech.

Small tech is fine. Self hosting is fine. VPSes are fine. Don't use "clouds" - they're big tech, and overpriced.

Make sure it's something you pay for, so that you are the customer, instead of the product.

I appreciate Cloudflare for keeping all the piracy sites running, though.

Or even Vercel/Netlify