Actually, I don't know of a good solution to running your own email addresses on a custom domain that doesn't involve paying a little money.
So yes, if you don't mind having someone elses company name in your main identity on the web, that's fine (along with all the portability tie in problems and privacy). On the other hand if you want me@myname.com then you'll probably be shelling a little money out.
And fastmail provides other services too, that people might be more used to paying for, e.g. static webhosting with webdav support for upload, custom dns control. Contacts accessible through ldap, distribution lists, sms, detailed control over login including OTPs etc.
I've switched recently and do not regret it. It gives me a lot of the flexibility I had years back when I ran my own mail server, and none of the massive pain.
So yes, if you don't mind having someone elses company name in your main identity on the web, that's fine (along with all the portability tie in problems and privacy). On the other hand if you want me@myname.com then you'll probably be shelling a little money out.
And fastmail provides other services too, that people might be more used to paying for, e.g. static webhosting with webdav support for upload, custom dns control. Contacts accessible through ldap, distribution lists, sms, detailed control over login including OTPs etc.
I've switched recently and do not regret it. It gives me a lot of the flexibility I had years back when I ran my own mail server, and none of the massive pain.