honestly, i think both of these rather seem like non-issues?
free hosting is not immune to hugs of death
neither is self-hosting; if anything, less so
deploy times are increased
yes, a 3min -> 15min deploy time is a surprising difference; but also 15 minutes is not that long. especially as that’s because it’s building the Jekyll site. if you include the local build time as well as upload time, i don’t imagine it’d be that much shorter
maybe if you’re trading stocks, but for small personal sites? it doesn’t sound too bad
neocities is lovely, as is the guy who makes it
(i’m particularly a fan of his ad block bar, although it can be done without js)