[eminent101]

> While the crowd here can maintain a domain

And domains can be lost too. Missed payments, error in administrating the domain, government takedowns. Many failure modes exist for domains too. Nothing in the digital world is permanent! That's why I find it disturbing that so much of our digital identities are tied to our email addresses.

[GoblinSlayer]

Maybe with a paid email service like sneakemail.com you can restore access just by paying later?