Ah, kids these days. So I guess by "webserver" grandparent meant "A server you actually control", and by "not webserver" people mean "It's on the cloud somewhere".
GH/GL-pages still respond to HTTP/HTTPS requests, in my dictionary that's a webserver, but I guess for the millennials (I say with snark) it means "I don't have to think about what happens, it just serves my content for me."
I read "do you need a webserver" like "do you need one yourself" and freeloading off someone elses server like with GL pages counts as not having a webserver. Otherwise how else would you serve content?
GH/GL-pages still respond to HTTP/HTTPS requests, in my dictionary that's a webserver, but I guess for the millennials (I say with snark) it means "I don't have to think about what happens, it just serves my content for me."