cross-posted from: https://lemdro.id/post/1181564

Did you try all of them?

What made you stick with the one you are currently using?

I became fully aware of Control D only yesterday as the name was vaguely familiar to me when I heard it and for Adguard DNS well I thought it was a normal-ish DNS service like 1 1 1 1, quad9, Google, etc… (not that user configurable).

I tried looking for some reviews and discussions comparing the 3 but found almost nothing about Control D and Adguard DNS but I did stumble upon Control D CEO 2 blog posts comparing Adguard DNS and NextDNS to Control D.

There seems to be not that much talk about these 2 unlike NextDNS which seems way more popular, if I’m correct then what made it way more popular and known?

  • Lee Duna@lemmy.nzEnglish
    4·
    2 years ago

    What made you stick with the one you are currently using?

    I use many DNS 👀

  • handygaber@lemmy.oneEnglish
    2·
    2 years ago

    I bought Control D’s black friday deal last year and can’t really complain about their service. Also includes some nice blocklists. But their interface is a bit confusing and slow to use.

  • Vexz@kbin.social
    1·
    2 years ago

    I used Pi-hole and AdGuard Home but they of course only work in your home LAN. So I switched to NextDNS and I’m happy (but not very happy) with it. Their DNS servers are fast and I can choose the blocklists to use myself. It also has a white- and blacklist. And the best part is that I don’t need an app on my phone to use it.
    The only thing that bugs me are (feature) updates. I’ve been using it for about a year now and I think nothing has changed this entire time. Also they still offer the Energized blocklists which are dead for over a year now. It feels like the devs don’t care much about their product as long as it keeps running and people pay for it which is sad.

    • Im28xwa@lemdro.idOPEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      Also they still offer the Energized blocklists which are dead for over a year now

      Yeah I noticed that too and it made me somewhat concerned about how things are going it the background, hopefully everything is good

    • Im28xwa@lemdro.idOPEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      Tried it a month or so ago but unfortunately had very high latency due to my geographical location

  • sic_semper_tyrannis@feddit.chEnglish
    1·
    2 years ago

    Some people don’t like that AdGuard is made by Russian’s. I like NextDNS because it’s simple to use and AdGuard was to heavy to install on my OpenWRT router. Never heard of Control D until now