But then you’re sending all your DNS queries to hostile companies, so that’s a pretty big loss.
We need to normalize people using Pi’s for at-home DNS just like we did HTTPS.
We need to normalize people using Pi’s for at-home DNS just like we did HTTPS.
But it depends what/who you trust. Say you're based in the US work for Google and want to whistle-blow about some nefarious defense/Pentagon contracts, then staying away from Google (or US based Tech firm) infra as much as possible would be sound advice.
Even if you're just a consumer you should be interested in degoogling your life including not just google DNS but their stupid web-fonts and google auth API's. Google is still going to get lot of your traffic no matter what you do but every data point you can remove is good - even if it adds zero to your bottom line at least you will maintain awareness of how you get milked every day.
Can you explain why giving a complete list of URLs you visit to the worlds largest advertising and data gathering company isn't dodgy? If you can't see why, then you appear to have drunk the SV Koolaid.
tldr; If millions of people do a silly thing, it is still a silly thing.