> My rule of thumb is domain registrars only get to manage my domains. Registrars love to upsell you on email and hosting but in my experience that's where all the bullshit starts.

That’s the Unix philosophy applied to service providers.

The same logic applies to why you should have a separate cable modem and WiFi router.

> If you just buy a domain, you could go to place like GoDaddy and probably have a decent experience.

No GoDaddy sucks even as just a registrar because even configuring NS records to host your DNS elsewhere is a terrible UX.