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1.1.1.1: Fast, privacy-first consumer DNS service

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1895 points _l4jh | 3 comments | 01 Apr 18 12:14 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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ComputerGuru ◴[01 Apr 18 13:18 UTC] No.16728122[source]▶
This is bad, bad, bad advice. You don't set the DNS on your local machine. That breaks things. The DNS needs to be set at the gateway. If you change your PC/mac's DNS to an external service, you won't be able to resolve any addresses on the local network.

Come on, CloudFlare. You guys know better than that. Please stop breaking the (local) internet.

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lorenzhs ◴[01 Apr 18 13:22 UTC] No.16728139[source]▶
Ordinary users don't have anything that resolves to local IPs, so this is a non-issue for just about anybody. Plus, many if not most ISP-provided modem-router-AP-boxes don't let you configure the DNS server they use, making your recommendation impossible to follow for most users. Someone who runs services on their local network likely knows enough to do as you say, but for 99% of people, these instructions are exactly what they need.
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1. Spooky23 ◴[01 Apr 18 14:09 UTC] No.16728331[source]▶
Most people own printers and other devices that use local DNS.

Don’t presume that joe public is a simpleton. Millions of people are not.

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2. lorenzhs ◴[01 Apr 18 18:58 UTC] No.16729830[source]▶
Zeroconf (Avahi/Bonjour) takes care of making that wireless printer work regardless of which DNS server you’re using.

I’m not insinuating that “joe public” is dumb. He just doesn’t need to care about DNS on his local network, there’s software that handles it for him.

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3. wpietri ◴[01 Apr 18 21:24 UTC] No.16730516[source]▶
Yes! People are smart enough to handle most things. But they don't have time or attention to handle all the things. When we're making technology for users, we should do our best to make sure they only have to learn about the things that are important to them.