My Chromecast Ultra would not start until I began answering 8.8.8.8

Re:My Chromecast Ultra would not start until I began answeri... by joshstrange on Friday February 15, 2019 @11:01AM (#19171926)

If by "network operators" you mean ISP's then I don't care. They have proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that they are malicious ones more often than not and I want them to be a dumb pipe NOT someone who is mucking around with my network. I will take being able to PICK who I trust my DNS with over being forced to use my ISP's any day of the week. One of those things I can change, one of them I cannot.

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Re:My Chromecast Ultra would not start until I began answeri... by josteink on Friday February 15, 2019 @11:12AM (#19172033)

By network operator I mean me, the person controlling my own local network.

Also: ISPs behave nice almost everywhere in the world where there is proper regulation.

What you have in the US is not a technical problem. It’s a regulatory one.

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Re:My Chromecast Ultra would not start until I began answeri... by disiplus on Friday February 15, 2019 @11:34AM (#19172208)

yup, hey i bought this device, that i cannot see what it is doing exactly. great.

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