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frphank | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 You can have your own domain on Gmail.
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bisdak | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @gmail.com is not portable as npub does.
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frphank | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 You don't have to use @gmail.com when using Gmail.
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mrclownworld | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 There is no way to use @gmail.com without using Google’s email service is the point I was making
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Logen Kain | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 But owning a domain means you can change your backend while maintaining your identity.
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frphank | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Yes but you don't have to use @gmail.com at all. You can partake in the oligopoly that this is about with any domain.
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mrclownworld | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 If you are trying to say “you can use your own domain with gmail then take your own domain with you later away from gmail” the answer is yes, but you are still issued that domain from a centralized registration service and it can be seized from you and the process of pointing a domain to a new server is complicated enough that normies don’t do it

Versus taking your npub somewhere new? Extremely easy
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frphank | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Shifting the goalposts?
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mrclownworld | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 No, literally returning to my original point which you seem to have misunderstood