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Android offers Private DNS, just point that at nextdns.io and block things even within apps that aren't browsers. The biggest benefit is definitely the sheer s
by buro9 5y ago
Android offers Private DNS, just point that at nextdns.io and block things even within apps that aren't browsers.
The biggest benefit is definitely the sheer speed at which news websites load on my phone now, even when I'm on a crap connection.
Another benefit: This isn't a VPN, so you can still use a VPN whilst using Private DNS.
Edit: Also... lol, I can't access TFA as plausible.io is also blocked on my network and phone. I'm going to assume that the article is actually an analytics competitor whose pitch is "GA is blocked, use us instead!".
Edit 2: https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=plausible.io https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=plausible.io Yes, assumption was correct.
Edit 3: NextDNS stats from my home network: 11.45% of DNS requests blocked, but from my phone 23.7% of DNS requests blocked. You need this more on your mobile than in a web browser!
- gpas 5y agoThanks for sharing nextdns. I just registered and I'm very impressed.
- dalu 5y agoNextdns is giving me an ID. Why would I want to be tracked by unique ID? That's even worse than GA
- buro9 5y agoYou don't have to do that... NextDNS ultimately uses Cloudflare DNS under the hood, so just point yourself at 1.1.1.1 and you're done but it will block nothing. If you want a DNS server to block things, know that the definition of what to block is subjective and some people may disagree with what you want to block. For that reason you get an account, which allows you to have a configure, and that needs to be resolve to you... so at some level an identifier of the configuration is needed. This is the id.