For my domains I mine 5/6/7 character hostname / pubkeys.
Then just bookmark it in my browser.
Typing the first few memorable characters into the URL bar brings the domain up.
I also use a homepage with all my site links , oldschool.
I have a lot of small ideas for websites. However, I hate the idea of not "owning" them. If if costs an ongoing fee - no matter if yearly/monthly - it's a subscription not ownership.
I currently own four + a Tor hidden service, most of them are older domains I keep simply because they are just my first name and they got marked as a premium domain name later on. Only my current has web content
You use a @proton email address?, then that's basically seen as a gmail account. Nothing wrong with it, but it's just nicer to have an email with your own domain name.
Your nextcloud data could be accessed through your own domain name. Are you just using it locally?, or how you access it through the internet?, direct IP is not as nice as your own domain.
That's pretty much. You can use your own domain instead of either direct IP or a public service's name. It's just nicer, and I definitely notice when someone has their personal domain name.
<your_true_name>.comif it's not taken by a homonymous hacker