> What is more likely to happen: Google permanently locks me out out of my Gmail account or I forget to renew my domain or have it somehow stolen from me?
Then use TLDs where that can't happen.
If you forget to renew a .de domain, for example, you get a letter, and have 2 weeks to restore it, or end it - per default, it gets held in TRANSFER mode, for 50€/month.
Also, you can always get the domain back, if you can prove ownership.
Then use TLDs where that can't happen.
If you forget to renew a .de domain, for example, you get a letter, and have 2 weeks to restore it, or end it - per default, it gets held in TRANSFER mode, for 50€/month.
Also, you can always get the domain back, if you can prove ownership.
There's many TLDs where such safety is standard.