Export 1000+ notes WITHOUT icloud?

I am trapped in cloud limbo because the email for my icloud is not an apple domain and I cannot login to that email.

99.999% of my nots are pure text no markup

I am happy to pay for a solution so I can wipe my laptop and start with a proper icloud. I really don’t want 1000+ PDF files. But at this point I’d take anything you can offer.

I’m not sure what’s your goal. Do you want to use another iCloud account on your devices while preserving the Bear notes on your devices?
If this is case you can run a Bear backup, remove Bear’s data folder, reconfigure your iCloud account, and restore the backup.