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To be fair, there are also some advantages of using Pi-hole® over NextDNS:
1) You know who runs it. We can’t ask you to trust us more than yourself. We can provide all the guarantees you want, show who we are and make promises, it is understandably easier to trust a solution you manage yourself. Keep in mind though, that all your unblocked DNS queries are still visible by your upstream DNS. So there is still someone you need to trust with your data.
2) It’s free with no limits. NextDNS is cheap, very cheap, but it’s still a paid service if you use it over a certain limit. Pi-hole® is free to use. You still have to pay about $35 for a Raspberry Pi + an SD card, which is equivalent to several years of NextDNS subscription. You should also consider donating to the Pi-hole® project if you use their solution. After a few years though, yes, Pi-hole® should become less expensive than NextDNS.
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They can't, but it might make sense to do so anyway.
I always explain this when it comes to running your own private CA as well. In principle you might do a better job than anybody else, and certainly if you fall down you'd know exactly who to blame. But you also might do a pretty shoddy job and cut corners you know you shouldn't, and knowing whose fault it is will be cold comfort if things do go wrong.
People who do this for a living can never be as trustworthy as you could be, but they might very well be more trustworthy than you are in practice and it's worth a moment's honest introspection to consider that.
""" To be fair, there are also some advantages of using Pi-hole® over NextDNS:
1) You know who runs it. We can’t ask you to trust us more than yourself. We can provide all the guarantees you want, show who we are and make promises, it is understandably easier to trust a solution you manage yourself. Keep in mind though, that all your unblocked DNS queries are still visible by your upstream DNS. So there is still someone you need to trust with your data.
2) It’s free with no limits. NextDNS is cheap, very cheap, but it’s still a paid service if you use it over a certain limit. Pi-hole® is free to use. You still have to pay about $35 for a Raspberry Pi + an SD card, which is equivalent to several years of NextDNS subscription. You should also consider donating to the Pi-hole® project if you use their solution. After a few years though, yes, Pi-hole® should become less expensive than NextDNS. """