Yeah that’s right. For a whopping one time purchase of 250$, you get a lifetime license for a @linux.com domain as an email alias/forwarding only. You cannot send emails from this. You can contact support to check if the alias you want is available too.
Imagine this on your CV. It is the ultimate flex.
I mean, if I were paying for my airbreather.dev domain for as long as I’ve had my linux.com email, I’d have paid more, sure… but “@ linux.com” looks so much more like the vibe I want to show to potential employers, so I go with that, and it’s a comparatively tiny cost even at today’s prices.