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Big companies don't owe you anything by hosting the files for you, because you are the product. Something similar happened to me in 2012 but with a Gmail account[1]. So, I built an app to backup my emails.

The whole ordeal, in hindsight, was the best thing that could happen to me, it taught me a good lesson on data sovereignty in the internet world and opened up a small passive income stream.

[1] https://thehorcrux.com/why-i-built-horcrux-app/

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Yeah, I too was a victim of a random Gmail ban without warning or recourse, so I stopped using webmail ask together and keep all my mail local.

Agreed.

I always tell people I know to atleast use an email address with their own domain, if they can't set up their own server.

https://thehorcrux.com/about/#advise

In one line, you said Google disabled your account.

In another line, you say have your own domain and let FastMail or google apps manage your mail.

I don't understand ./?

1. You can still backup your email if you want to.

2. You get to keep your email address if you ever get banned.

I do not think there any benefit in operating your own mail server.

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