I do the same with my own domains and I'm similarly a Google slave. (huge shout-out to niftylettuce's https://forwardemail.net/ https://forwardemail.net/) That

I do the same with my own domains and I'm similarly a Google slave. (huge shout-out to niftylettuce's https://forwardemail.net/ https://forwardemail.net/) That said, I'm planning to migrate to either self hosted or a paid service which is not run by algorithms and where customer supports exist (in that regards big tech is terrible: facebook, google, paypal = worthless customer support). I completely agree with your premise though: Ideally everyone should have their own server providing a personal site and mail and maybe even hosting a decentralised social network.