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>>benhur+(OP)
This makes me anxious about my long time Gmail address. Back then I got it just because it and Google was cool, and their services had a good reputation. It was a different Google back then. If they had launched it this year I would never have got one because chances are it would have been cancelled by 2025. Gmail is really the only valuable thing that actually ties my life to Google. And it's not that hard to replace, but just a bother to inform some people and update account details.

>>jug+36
Start the process of getting out right now.

Get an email address that you own, on a domain you control. Switch to a provider that takes your money for whom you are the customer - not the product.

I did this with Fastmail and Iki.fi, a Finnish non-profit[1], who have been selling people "permanent" email addresses since 1995.

[1] http://www.iki.fi/

>>theshr+Jd
I've had an email on a personal domain for years.

But I still use my old gmail for one thing: Point of contact for the my domain registrar. Do you have any suggestions for how I can solve this?

>>gnud+tJ
In my case, I use Fastmail to provide my email.

With it, I have email from multiple domains doing what I want. I also have a <username>@fastmail.fm which has only been provided to one person: my domain registrar.

If you pay someone to handle your email this is a good approach, IMO.