How to maximize upside while clipping the downside? Hybrid. To hedge your approach:

The upside of the new, and the upside of the old-school and classic.

For example (unfortunately) a hybrid car (still dependent on petroleum) is more convenient in modern life (and also on the east coast). Electric Tesla cars are far cooler, sexier and perhaps “better”, but perhaps only on the West coast or California (where there are already electric charging ports everywhere). East coast is a laggard.

For cameras, perhaps a digital camera-film camera hybrid is best. The Leica digital M cameras without an LCD screen is a brilliant innovation; I love it (like the Leica M-D, etc).

With blogs, a hybrid of self hosted (WordPress.org) and the Jetpack plugin from WordPress.com seems ideal.