The second scenario is the same except instead of you have because you're smart and you use your own domain with Gmail.

If you're using Gmail's domain as your email address (ex you're basically screwed in regards to accessing, sending, and receiving your email unless you're lucky enough to get a hold of someone at Google to hopefully get things sorted out and have access to your email given back to you. One day, for some arbitrary reason Google decides to lock you out of your Google account and therefore you're locked out of your email. Here's two scenarios with a custom domain and with Google's domain. For example, let's say you you own the and have your email address set as with a service like Gmail.

When you own a domain, your email provider cannot take your email address away from you. You're also more secure if your provider decides to do something that doesn't align with your values. You can change providers without having to inform everyone that you've moved. Owning your email is like owning the doorstep to your digital life. In the post, I'll go into the why, how, and my own experiences. Obviously this can be taken a step further to hosting your own email, but that far exceeds most people's abilities including my own. As such, I naturally believe that any and all email you use should be sent and received under your own personal domain that you control (with the exception of select circumstances). I am a big advocate for as much personal control and ownership of our digital lives as possible.

Protonmail use own domain