Reasonable or not, the company you keep is treated as a thing.
As far as I can tell, Google Blogger is still a pretty reasonable site for a blog and some static pages. And it’s free. Of course you may not like that option for various other reasons.
False equivalence. There are many free/low price options for 'personal sites and blogs' that aren't sleazy hosting companies if cost is your key differentiator. Now, if it's "I will only accept an option where I can paint my bikeshed the exact color I want, with any brush I choose to use", then yeah, you've painted yourself into a bit of a corner options-wise and may end up as collateral damage. TANSTAAFL.
The reality is many people don't know the "reputation" of DO, see it as a cheap hosting site with good tutorials, and start using it.
They then get caught in the crossfire, but the correct complaint would be to DO not to the people who are taking the relatively reasonable and easy way out of "ban this part of the Internet, it sucks."
Sure, but the OP made out like the only options for personal stuff were cheap, shitty hosting providers, or expensive ones. And that's not true. We can't make people do research, but don't equate "lack of due diligence" with "lack of options".
