The intent is good - to give users of the applications more power in their relation with their employer and state, similarly to what the GNU project and the GNU

The intent is good - to give users of the applications more power in their relation with their employer and state, similarly to what the GNU project and the GNU Hurd kernel promote. Of course, there is danger that develepers will misuse this and hardwire their preferred DNS into their application. If this becomes a problem, the users will have to either reject the application or apply some MITM remedy.