New comment by jjeaff in "Host Your Own Blog with Gitlab and Netlify"

I think even using WordPress.com would be considered "hosting your own" in this context.

I think most of the time, "host your own" means you can do more or less whatever you want with your site. Rather than putting your content somewhere like medium or Facebook or Instagram where you are in a closed and controlled system.

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