I don't think the author of the comment is conflating those two terms, just comparing them. Booting a VM can be done to host a website and using GitHub Pafes ca

I don't think the author of the comment is conflating those two terms, just comparing them. Booting a VM can be done to host a website and using GitHub Pafes can be done to do the same. Therefore they are two solutions to the same problem and can be compared.