Author do not mention the frictions of going the other side (gmail/hotmail/live):
- you might not receive all the emails people sent to you, for the reasons mentionned in this very article
- you will receive much more spam/unwanted email. I quit using a gmail account because I kept reveiving newsletter and notifications from other people who kept mistaking his account with mine. There was probably a one letter difference in their real email address and mine. I surrendered and gave up trying to tell his relative they weren't reaching the right person, only had fun once by powning his NAS with a "cloud function", and gave up after receiving tons of newsletters and other shit.
- you can lose your account any day, for any reason without any possibility to get it back. I've seen it happen to 2 people with hotmail.
- you might not receive all the emails people sent to you, for the reasons mentionned in this very article
- you will receive much more spam/unwanted email. I quit using a gmail account because I kept reveiving newsletter and notifications from other people who kept mistaking his account with mine. There was probably a one letter difference in their real email address and mine. I surrendered and gave up trying to tell his relative they weren't reaching the right person, only had fun once by powning his NAS with a "cloud function", and gave up after receiving tons of newsletters and other shit.
- you can lose your account any day, for any reason without any possibility to get it back. I've seen it happen to 2 people with hotmail.