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Good free and private DNS?
(lemmy.world)
Mullvad dns.
Mullvad DNS. You dont need to use their VPN. The DNS is provided for free. Here is guide to use it under GNU/Linux: https://man.sr.ht/~rek2/Hispagatos-wiki/software/EnableSecureDNS.md
from hispagatos.org
Quad9
Privacy Guides is a good resources for this.
https://www.privacyguides.org/en/dns/
NextDNS has a free tier. Are you at risk of going over 300,000 queries per month limit? That's quite a bit for home users.
Even then it still functions as a DNS without blocking.
300K is nothing but a taste, for normal usage. I've been using NextDNS on my home network for a few years. I average 1.2 million queries/month. And that's with cache boost (forced minimum TTL) enabled.
$20/year is worth every penny. The amount of time you save in blocking all the ads and surveillance marketing services is worth 10x that.
To each their own. I have over 30 devices on my network and am no where close to 300,000 unique queries but maybe im significantly underestimating the average user.
Considering how many other good free solutions (or non subscription based) there are I tend to doubt paying for the pro version of NextDNS is worth it if you are going over the free limit.
If you are getting something for free, you are generally the product, not the consumer.
Such an overused trope and really isn't relevant with DNS resolvers where there are multiple good and, proven, free options.
Not to mention there are tons of things people pay for and still end up being the product, ISPs being a major culprit.
I always find it ironic and, a bit laughable, to see users make that statement while participating on a free social media platform.
I donate to my instance.
DNS0.eu is the new thing. Maybe also Control D Free DNS, Alternate DNS or if you want to go more hardcore LibreDNS. To be fair your biggest concern shouldn't be only where you get your DNS from BUT also if it supports DoT and DoH - encrypting the DNS is more important for a lot people than actually using something other than Cloudflare or some other big company.
I use controld.com p2 dns over tls which kills known malware, tracking, and ads. I have it set up as a standard DNS provider on my home network so that everybody uses it and it works great.
I prefer Mullvad, you can choose filters if you want to have blocked ads, trackers, adult content etc. or nothing
dns.adguard.com But know that some sites will not operate with it enabled.
Adguard is a very large data mining operation. You'll eventually figure that out.
Yeah... After a user here on Lemmy pointed out that the AdGuard app on mobile made a lot of strange requests to ads services, I gave it a try myself with PCAPdroid and seeing all thoses requests made by only opening the app made me think twice about AdGuard...
Removed all their services from my network and a happy piHole + quad9 user since !
this post was submitted on 29 Jun 2025
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