Quad9 doesn't have an adblocking DNS service though, so it's not really a replacement.

ripdog 17 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

That's something people should run themselves. I run Adguard Home on my router. Unlike the main Adguard product, Adguard Home is fully FOSS. It's been rock-solid for me, and improves on pi-hole in various ways - like full IPv6 support.

	▲	sgc 5 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		It's probably the software I trust the most on my network to 'just work', and with the local caching I can use slower upstream dns providers and still have sub 1ms average latency (no performance worries by excluding google and cloudflare). I don't use it for dhcp, but it is a good fit that it's available as well. Couldn't be happier.

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ornornor an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Mullvad had adblocking, malware blocking. And they didn’t block websites from governments blacklists in France and Italy. None of these features are available on Quad9.

Maybe it’s time to try nym.com?

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1970-01-01 an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

This is a very important detail. Adblock in 2026 is necessary and DNS will transparently do a lot of that work for you. It isn't just about lightning fast lookups and five-nines uptime anymore.

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cortesoft an hour ago | parent [-]

For blocking, I would much rather run my own service.

	▲	LetsGetTechnicl an hour ago \| parent [-]
		I've been loving the Pihole setup I just set up. It uses Quad9 as the upstream provider and then I do all the blocking myself. I used to use NextDNS but this is so much better and free!