it ties your npub to a DNS address and will probably end up making you play whack a mole with DNS issues. I avoid it

An easy-to-read address with your npub identifier, which is not easy to read. Some verifiers registrations are free and some you can pay a small small fee in sats to get a verified address. Some verifiers:

https://en.nostraddress.com/ or

https://nostrplebs.com/