Pi-Hole is great as a caching mechanism and is easy enough for non-techie friends and family to use (just make sure you have it auto-update for them, or do it y

Pi-Hole is great as a caching mechanism and is easy enough for non-techie friends and family to use (just make sure you have it auto-update for them, or do it yourself once in a while). Bind9, a true dns server, doesn't provide the privacy enhancements that pi-hole does and it is much more opaque for normal users. I think you're right - it's much easier to look at targets that are a little easier to hit rather than suggesting a bind9 setup to everyone. I have the know-how to do both, and I prefer pi-hole anyway!