> brings complexity for network operators > I just wish DNS would follow suit Technically, this is super-easy. Just select an anycast IP that would always go

> brings complexity for network operators > I just wish DNS would follow suit Technically, this is super-easy. Just select an anycast IP that would always go user's ISP's DNS - just like any other anycast DNS front-end IPs (1.1.1.1, 8.8.8.8, et al.) go to a nearest PoP of CF/google/etc. Just to reiterate - there is no reason why an anycast IP has to be held by the same entity globally. "Federated" anycast IP, where each user reaches their local ISP would work just as well. Then make it an internet standard. Once that standard gets implemented in end-devices, there no longer any need to negotiate DNS server IP, same one works across different ISPs, always going to the nearest one. Still complex, but all the complexity is now on ISP side. Practically, this is overwhelmingly unlikely to happen. There is a significant momentum among internet users to actively distrust their ISP, and mechanisms to cloak DNS traffic from user's ISP (DoH, DoT, ...) are somewhat popular, based on that exact motivation, in part.