lukewarm take: if you can afford to own a domain name for personal use, you should, even if only so that you can take your email address with you like a phone number if you decide to switch providers.
yes, i'm also about to tell you it's a good idea to leave gmail.
@redoak It's so much goddamn work though. And complicated, and difficult, and more expensive, and it doesn't work as well... -_-
