Not having someone to call and Google's poor reputation for responding to Gmail issues (plus data loss) is why I try and stick with domains under my control for

Not having someone to call and Google's poor reputation for responding to Gmail issues (plus data loss) is why I try and stick with domains under my control for (at least important) email. Even if my email provider goes under, I can repoint the domain to another email server and at least recover easier than having to start from scratch, as would be the case if my email address was under Gmail and suddenly was locked.