on #5 - you can certainly move your DNS zones to a proper registry/DNS service company for between around $0 and $10-$20 (for all 6) a year. This will let you h

on #5 - you can certainly move your DNS zones to a proper registry/DNS service company for between around $0 and $10-$20 (for all 6) a year. This will let you have complete control of MX and all other records, and you can still use whatever site hosting providers you like. i feel like the cost of a standalone DNS service small negligible compared to the name fee itself and it's an easy and beneficial one to unbundle from everything else. as to the rest - just because you are right about it doesn't make you not paranoid