This 100% mirrors my experience, and not just obscure TLDs. Despite owning <my name>.com, I always, always defer to a @gmail.com address. Outside of my small b

This 100% mirrors my experience, and not just obscure TLDs. Despite owning <my name>.com, I always, always defer to a @gmail.com address. Outside of my small bubble of tech savvy folk, not a single person has looked at my perfectly valid email address and thought it wasn't a typo or lame joke. If I was a company, <name>@<company>.com is totally fine, but as soon as <company> becomes a <name> all bets are off.