Everyone's Kepner-Tregoe Decision Analysis weights requirements differently, and convenience is a powerful requirement for many people. Performance is for others.
Say what you will about how awful shared hosting is, but the one-click installer of Wordpress et al has proven that a market exists where people are happy to pay to host things in the most convenient manner possible. Of course, in a more technical community, performance is part of a factor.
Say what you will about how awful shared hosting is, but the one-click installer of Wordpress et al has proven that a market exists where people are happy to pay to host things in the most convenient manner possible. Of course, in a more technical community, performance is part of a factor.