I’m in the middle of switching right now. For those of us who are just artists, somewhat technically-savvy (compared to, say, my mom) but not super-nerds with any real clue as to what php means, a cheap, shared hosting service is really all we need, want, and rightfully deserve. I was on godaddy because it was cheap and I didn’t know better. Now that my contract is up, I found 1&1 to offer me a $2/month deal. I couldn’t find any reason why it was any worse than godaddy, and godaddy served my needs just fine, so now I’m switching. It’s a bit of a bitch to migrate my wordpress blogs over, but I’m able to do it with a little help.
For my needs, and the needs of millions of people worldwide, I’m not sure what a better alternative would be than one of these megaserver places. As long as people can view my site without any issues, I can speak to a human being if there’s a problem, and I’m not paying hundreds of bucks a year, I’m good.
