I can’t think of a single reason to not switch, even the “but then i lose my address i’ve had for years” – set up an auto forward. I had someone just this week tell me hotmail was better than gmail – because it automatically pushes to your iphone. I proceeded to have them send me a test message right there on the spot and vice versa. After lunch and back at the office less than an hour later they were no longer a hotmail user. My concern was holy ****, we’re in 2011 and people still use that?”]
Source: https://gizmodo.com/hotmail-users-banned-from-setting-password-and-ilove-5821610