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by theshrike79 1227 days ago
NextDNS lets me pick what to block, I can't configure DNS0 except for the few variants that require me to change the DNS address completely.

Also: I can't pay for DNS0, so how can I trust they stay up when I'm not their customer?
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parminya 1227 days ago
How can you trust any company you pay to stay up even if you are their customer? I've used discontinued products before. Paid subscriptions to companies that merge with others and the service no longer really exists.
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theshrike79 1227 days ago
The chances of a company that runs on mystical grants vs one that runs with actual customer money just suddenly going under are different.

It's like Google's stuff. It's free, but you're not the customer, you're the product.

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breton 1227 days ago
How can you trust they stay up when you are their customer and pay them?
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ignoramous 1227 days ago
DNS resolvers aren't that expensive to run. Besides, one of the founders of dns0.eu has already scaled and sold a venture-backed startup (DailyMotion: https://archive.is/4pN5e), and currently employed as Director at Netflix. Pretty sure they can keep paying for dns0.eu servers for multiple decades. The only problem is maintenance, which is automatable to a large extent.
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theshrike79 1227 days ago
Because I give them money to keep the lights on?

That way they don't need to rely on grants or investors who usually need hockey stick growth and make the business do stupid things.

This is why I used to pay for pinboard (before the admin disappeared again) and still pay for Newsblur.

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