Yep! I do #1 despite researching controlling the whole stack. I still like the idea of doing it someday, if only with a development domain. I pay $12 a year fo

Yep! I do #1 despite researching controlling the whole stack. I still like the idea of doing it someday, if only with a development domain. I pay $12 a year for email hosting, $10 a year for the domain. I use name.com and I presume (though I have not tested) that if I needed a human to talk to, I would have much better luck than with Google. I also don't have to worry about a snarky Youtube comment getting me locked out of Youtube, Youtube TV, Gmail, GDrive and everything else.