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To think that Google’s DNS service is for the benefit of the Internet would be naive.

I'm not so sure, it is starting to seem like Google has worked out essentially that Revenue = User-Time on Internet. The Chrome project is one example, a better faster internet is in Google's best interest.

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And, like many of their other projects, they seem to be content to throw their hat in the ring just to keep everyone else honest.

Broken DNS is a threat. But they don't need to answer all DNS requests to protect against it. They just need a non-broken service as a credible threat to keep the other providers from sliding in that direction.

>Revenue = User-Time on Internet

Yes, I was told that explicitly at a presentation by Google recently. Anything that makes the internet better or makes people use it more makes Google more money.

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