INeedMana

I think that is not a dummy account. It still comes with all the bells and whistles. If that’s acceptable, then one could just use “create an account” on gmail page

Of course not. The point of their accounts is to lock you in their ecosystem

https://github.com/palform/palform/blob/main/README.md#self-hosting

It might be a bit too early for someone to having tried it

But it does look interesting