“This is why I use ad blockers and a pi-hole server”

Re:“This is why I use ad blockers and a pi-hole server” by choeger on Thursday January 23, 2020 @02:43AM (#22125661)

That all sounds great, but what is their business model? How do I pay them for their service?

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Re:“This is why I use ad blockers and a pi-hole server” by glitchc on Thursday January 23, 2020 @03:03AM (#22125750)

I checked.

It seems to be free for the first 300,000 queries per month, then switches to a regular DNS (no blocking). Unlimited queries are $1.99 per month.

https://nextdns.io/pricing

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Re:“This is why I use ad blockers and a pi-hole server” by amelius on Thursday January 23, 2020 @05:50AM (#22126461)

Ok, but by paying you basically hand them your personal information which they can now tie to your internet access patterns. So now, besides your ISP, there's one more party with this info.

EDIT: they accept cryptocurrencies, so the problem is slightly less critical.

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Re:“This is why I use ad blockers and a pi-hole server” by tremon on Thursday January 23, 2020 @06:06AM (#22126533)

In case you use their DOH service (or TLS), it's only them, not your ISP.

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Re:“This is why I use ad blockers and a pi-hole server” by account42 on Thursday January 23, 2020 @07:02AM (#22126848)

You ISP still sees which IP addresses you eventually connect to.

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Re:“This is why I use ad blockers and a pi-hole server” by ldavison on Thursday January 23, 2020 @03:21PM (#22131497)

Which are mainly going to be owned by AWS, GCP, Azure, DO, or CloudFlare

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Re:“This is why I use ad blockers and a pi-hole server” by a012 on Thursday January 23, 2020 @09:50AM (#22127932)

SNI (Server Name Indication) leak is still present and your ISP may know what website you're asking.

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Re:“This is why I use ad blockers and a pi-hole server” by kevsim on Thursday January 23, 2020 @02:46AM (#22125673)

It's $2/month for unlimited requests, apparently: https://nextdns.io/pricing

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Re:“This is why I use ad blockers and a pi-hole server” by busymom0 on Thursday January 23, 2020 @03:21AM (#22125824)

That's surprisingly very reasonably priced.

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Re:“This is why I use ad blockers and a pi-hole server” by squarefoot on Thursday January 23, 2020 @05:23AM (#22126340)

Pricing is surely very reasonable, but I'm not comfortable with the idea of paying for not getting something. The whole system is flawed and building businesses on a flaw is a step in the wrong direction if we want to fuel motivation to solve that flaw.

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Re:“This is why I use ad blockers and a pi-hole server” by grogenaut on Thursday January 23, 2020 @07:00AM (#22126834)

The city of flint has a lot of water theyd like to sell you, it comes with extra so it follows your model. You should also love basic Hulu, they sell you a version that comes WITH added ads, such benefit.

In reality there are plenty of places you are paying for refined or filtered products. Organic or pesticide free foods, gas (you or your supply chain use it), higher end CPUs (less defects), it goes on and on.

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Re:“This is why I use ad blockers and a pi-hole server” by low_common on Thursday January 23, 2020 @09:17AM (#22127679)

You're also paying for the Internet access. Go build one and we'll pay you.

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Re:“This is why I use ad blockers and a pi-hole server” by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Thursday January 23, 2020 @09:29AM (#22127790)

Is it? You can run a DNS server on a watch.

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Re:“This is why I use ad blockers and a pi-hole server” by thebruce87m on Friday January 24, 2020 @05:48PM (#22143130)

Not on my watch

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Re:“This is why I use ad blockers and a pi-hole server” by buschkowitz on Thursday January 23, 2020 @02:48AM (#22125683)

It is free during beta. Then essentially a freemium model: https://nextdns.io/pricing.

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