[willis936]

It’s a gamble, not a guarantee. What happens when your hard coded DNS is not available?

The more convincing narrative is that setting custom DNS decreases ad revenue and cuts into growth.

[layoutIfNeeded]

>What happens when your hard coded DNS is not available?

The same thing that happened each time when DRM servers went offline. Time to buy a new TV :^)

[willis936]

Sounds a like a lot of support calls to me.

[hutzlibu]

But easy ones:

"Sorry, your product is out of warranty, I can redirect you to sales"

[kevindong]

Can't it be both?

On balance, I'd expect Google is be much better about maintaining their DNS uptime than most ISPs.