\**UPDATE*** - Thank you all for your input. I decided to go with the Wordpress 2025 theme, and so far my efforts are paying off well. Bit of a learning curve, but it's going smoothly. thank you so much!*

I'm not a pro web developer, but I did build a functioning site for my small brick/mortar business and it works fairly well. At the time(about 5 years ago) I used Kadence Pro, which I rather liked. It seems however that the Kadence folks have sold to some large company, and for a number of reasons, I'm not going to keep my site on that theme - so I'm doing a redesign.

I'm taking this opportunity to mildly redesign the site and have preliminarily selected Blocksy as my base theme/framework. I chose Blocksy after much research revealing it is well-regarded in the community as fast, lightweight and function-first.

After experiencing the sale of Kadence, I've begun thinking a little more downstream, and while Blocksy is purportedly "going nowhere" according to Gemini, that's what I would have said about Kadence years ago. So I'm looking to future proof my efforts and it seems that avoiding a scenario like the sale of Kadence involves owning a native block theme - enter Ollie.

I'm also open to options outside of Bloacksy/Ollie but didn't want to turn this post into another "what's the best theme" thread. Please make the case for/against Ollie as opposed to Blocksy, using the following criteria:

Features I'm looking for, in order of importance:

1. raw speed/preformance
2. user friendly design and editing
3. forever license so that my website's theme belongs to me and cannot be sold

A little about me:

• I understand basic html and css but not php or javascript
• I'm comfortable enough to not need a 'WYSIWYG drop/drop editor' like Divi
• I'm not opposed to a learning, so long as it's not incredibly steep. I definitely prefer check boxes and sliders as opposed to code

My site:

• 100% static content
• Pages:
  • Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • Services
    • Service 1
    • Service 2
    • Service 3
    • etc
• It's a computer repair business and the home page will be your basic outline with CTA throughout:
  • Hero
  • Trust section(s)
  • Service cards

Thanks in advance!