I agree that wasn't a good way to put it but it might not be entirely irrelevent to mention Crypto AG considering Quad9 is sponsored by the Manhattan DA and City of London Police.
https://www.manhattanda.org/our-work/signature-projects/glob...
https://www.manhattanda.org/our-work/signature-projects/glob...
https://quad9.net/about/sponsors/
When you are that closely connected to US and UK government, don't be surprised whan people don't trust you.
B) That's a straw-man, as we have not asked for anyone's trust; quite the opposite.
C) We serve the public, everyone. Is your argument that the US and UK governments are excluded from the definition of the whole? Or that because they, like everyone else, are members of the set of the whole, that this somehow reflects upon us?