Please allow me to outline my understanding of a personal email service. In my view, personal email is where you do not own the custom domain and use the email address for personal use only. Therefore the most popular ones are GMAIL.com and OUTLOOK.com. Other ones are iCloud, Proton (pm.me) and Hey.com
I do not want to manage a custom domain. However, It seems most people suggest having your own domain because if GMAIL etc shuts down or removes your account, you are stuck. I understand this risk but in my view this risk is low, extremely low.
For the purpose of this discussion, please assume the risk of privacy is a non-issue.
On the other hand, managing custom domains is not difficut but its not as simple as just relying on GMAIL etc. I prefer a simplified system. My 2021 theme is to simplify things. To be honest, I tried using a custom domain and my family still kept using their GMAIL account and I kept unnecessarily paying for their Fastmail account. So it doesnt make sense to have a custom domain just for me. Now, I just feel, I am being too precious with email.
For the purpose of this discussion, please assume the risk of privacy is a non-issue.
I request the Mac Power Users to share their views on this? Am I being too precious? Is there a real risk of Outlook or GMAIL causing issues where I will not have access to my personal email address? Is having a custom domain overrated for personal use?