Maybe NextDNS is more elegant or easier to set up, but I felt that depending on its free plan was too risky (what if it eventually goes away?) and didn't really

Maybe NextDNS is more elegant or easier to set up, but I felt that depending on its free plan was too risky (what if it eventually goes away?) and didn't really want to pay for a subscription when I already had a server at home to run PiHole on. I didn't really like needing to go over the Internet to configure it either - the PiHole admin panel is just another intranet site.