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After many years and experiments, another conclusion I'd like to share:
- Make sure you "own" (well, technically: rent) at least one domain name with a recognisable but not "funny" name (my main domain is wildeboer.net)
- Only "buy" one of .com, .net, .org, .eu (when you live there) or your countries top level domain (TLD). Ignore all the fancy hype TLDs.
Your domain can become your digital identity authority that YOU control. This will become more important mid-to longterm, IMHO. 1/5
As soon as you have "your" domain, you can do a lot of things that help you keep control of your digital identity. For example, use it to redirect e-mails via yournickname@yourdomain to services like proton or gmail. You can now switch email providers in case it's needed as YOU control the domain. 2/5
You can also use subdomains for other services. I use https://social.wildeboer.net for this Mastodon instance, hosted by https://masto.host. I use https://share.wildeboer.net for #Nextcloud backed storage hosted by Hetzner to share pictures, files etc. I use https://jan.wildeboer.net for my blog running on my own little VPS (Virtual Private Server) hosted by netcup. "Owning" a domain name gives me more control. 3/5
@jwildeboer even with your own domain name: how would you move your mastodon instance to another provider without loosing all your data?