What, if any, Public DNS is preferred?

[xanza@lemm.ee]

Light + TIF                     https://sky.rethinkdns.com/1:AAkACAQA
Normal + TIF                https://sky.rethinkdns.com/1:AAkACAgA
Pro + TIF                 https://sky.rethinkdns.com/1:AAoACBAA
Pro plus + TIF               https://sky.rethinkdns.com/1:AAoACAgA
Ultimate + TIF              https://sky.rethinkdns.com/1:gAgACABA

Light + TIF                 https://dns.dnswarden.com/00000000000000000000048  
Normal + TIF                 https://dns.dnswarden.com/00000000000000000000028  
Pro + TIF                 https://dns.dnswarden.com/00000000000000000000018  
Pro plus + TIF               https://dns.dnswarden.com/0000000000000000000000o  
Ultimate + TIF              https://dns.dnswarden.com/0000000000000000000000804  

Light                https://freedns.controld.com/x-hagezi-light
Normal                https://freedns.controld.com/x-hagezi-normal
Pro                https://freedns.controld.com/x-hagezi-pro  
Pro plus                https://freedns.controld.com/x-hagezi-proplus  
Ultimate                https://freedns.controld.com/x-hagezi-ultimate
TIF                https://freedns.controld.com/x-hagezi-tif

Rethink DNS, DNS Warden, and ControlD with Hagezi blocklists via DoH/3. I highly recommend the '+ TIF' as they are threat intelligence feeds which are up to date lists of bad actors/malware.

[fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com]

You can run Unbound with PiHole, that way its upstream is root servers instead of a single site.

[nonentity@sh.itjust.works]

Go directly to the root.

[ooops@feddit.org]

But at that point pihole is just a fancy web interface with some nice looking but for most purposes useless graphs. I just let Unbound filter stuff with the same filter lists pihole would use.

[const_void@lemmy.ml]

NextDNS has the ability to change the logging region to one that’s outside your governments jurisdiction

[stomata@sh.itjust.works]

You are suggesting trackers

[comicsads@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

I use 1.1.1.1 as my dns because I don't forget it. Should I not be?

[datavoid@lemmy.ml]

Quad9 (9.9.9.9) is my go to.

This tool is great for figuring out which one is the fastest for you: https://www.grc.com/dns/benchmark.htm

[fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com]

True, but there's use in the UI. I.E. manual blocking/unblocking is simplified. Some use ot for DHCP, too.

[truthfultemporarily@feddit.org]

The question to ask yourself is why is cloudflare offering that service for free? Probably because they get something out of it, like analysing the data.