[ripdog]

There are FOSS DoH servers, and you're welcome to run your own, with a free cert from Let's Encrypt. You could easily run a logging-free DoH server for anyone to use, also. There's no lock-in here, and I can't see any way that lock-in could be introduced later, either.

[d2mw]

Society is only one Android release away from most consumer traffic metadata being tunnelled by default through a new instrument of political policy, thanks to a company who not so long ago wouldn't even let you select which _search engine_ you used. Do you really suppose the same company will start adding URL input boxes to their initial setup screen? If they even put such a text box in the settings, what percentage of users would actually customize it?

So the effect is not just the local mobile telco's DNS would be subverted, but every mobile telco's DNS, and if you tried to explain what's happening to the typical person it impacted, they'd give you a puzzled look before promptly switching the topic to last night's football game. Thankfully this is a completely fabricated scenario and there is no possibility whatsoever it could even remotely play out.

Given this one scenario, what value or weight does a single bearded guy's raspberry pi stashed in a closet have when it comes to worldwide DNS policy? I wonder how resilient a site like The Pirate Bay would be given an environment where DNS filtering is suddenly under the majority control of a tiny handful of companies all under American or western ownership. But DoH of course is about freedom, not about censorship. It's about preventing censorship, right!

(Apologies for the style of reply -- these are obviously not genuine questions)

edit: these unexplained downvotes are fascinating

[shkkmo]

I suspect there is support for what you are trying to say. However your communication style is unclear (especially the over use of sarcasm and rhetorical questions) and you don't actually try to support any of the points you do make. I don't see it as a positive contribution to the conversation so I down voted you.