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StudentStuff on Nov 30, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: ISOC sold the .org registry to Ethos Capital for $...

ISPs buying in were OpenNIC's stumbling block (as no normal user is changing their default DNS), ultimately that is why OpenNIC never took off.

The only way an alternate DNS could become popular is if Apple, Google or Mozilla (assuming a resurgence in Firefox popularity) were pushing an alternative DNS.

edoceo on Nov 30, 2019 | [–]

It's not too late. Eternal vigilance! I fight for the user!

Avamander on Nov 30, 2019 | [–]

OpenNIC could work if there'd be an easy way to instruct e.g. dnsmasq and dnscrypt-proxy to resolve only certain TLDs using only OpenNIC, I'd definitely have it enabled then.

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