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It is still possible to run your own server and set up your own website. Nobody is stopping anybody from doing that. That's literally what all the Fediverse admins are doing. We just all got lazy and decided to congregate around pre built platforms.
MySpace had the best of both worlds. A robust social media platform with tons of customization options, including even altering the css and html of your personal page.
Edit: also, this article is like, 12 years old.
It is, but it's a lot harder to find privately hosted things thanks to advertising ruining all the major search engines.