I am curious if we had the expectation that if hosting and other tech became accessible, more people must've been blogging or maintaining personal websites. That is not how it works right? Pepole maintaining websites on their on were a niche in that time of the internet. And it is still a niche in this time of the internet.
Fountain pens for example was the only way to write at one point. And once ball point pens came along which is more managed, common folks went behind it. Fountain pens didn't die. It has became more luxurious or a premium item once again. It's still thriving and there is a whole new world of fountain pens if you start digging about it. Heck, new brands have emerged.
I can see the same parallels for bikes (MTB or Road Bikes etc) as well.
More people will discover blogging and the blogosphere. And some of them will go away. Some of them stays. Some lives and some dies. Just like humans, websites will live and die.
It is obviously sad when I see someone stop blogging or stop maintaining their personal website. Since I still consider myself young to the blogosphere, It's like reading up on celebrities you don't know about after their death. But it's way of life. Life of a blog.