Decoupling DNS and email before the next buyout

Decoupling DNS and email before the next buyout
Heard this week: tenants locked out of their own domains because DNS rode along with the hosting plan that got acquired and frozen. The independence audit:
— Move authoritative DNS to a neutral provider you control outright.
— Pull email off the hosting bundle; deliverability shouldn't depend on their roadmap.
— Document every record now, while you still have dashboard access.
— Confirm you, not an agency or reseller, own the registrar login.
— Set registrar transfer locks and your own recovery contacts.
A source tells us the people who lose domains in an acquisition are the ones who bundled everything for the discount.
Watch this: bundled convenience is the cheapest thing to sell and the most expensive to unwind.