Personally, the main reasons I have my own domain name started for "fun" but has really become more about how much having an email address is required for every

Personally, the main reasons I have my own domain name started for "fun" but has really become more about how much having an email address is required for everything in my life. If I was using an email address that depended on being Google's good graces and that suddenly got shut off, I wouldn't be able to do anything. At least by owning the domain, I can still use GMail as my mail provider, but if something goes wrong there, I can update MX records and continue to receive my email.