[96] Before You Cancel Squarespace: What It Really Takes to Host a Site Yourself
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In the middle of 2026, Squarespace raised prices, adjusted the increase a few days later, and set off a wave of "I'm leaving" posts across Reddit and the Squarespace forum. One comment kept coming up: I'll have AI build my site and host it somewhere cheaper. For some sites, that's a reasonable call. In this episode I walk through what you'd be taking over yourself if you did it, and who I think should go anyway.
You'll learn the difference between a website builder and a website platform, why AI can help you build a site but not run one, and the three…
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