I try to use “private DNS” option in my phone’s settings, but it often does not work, and therefore privacy cannot be protected all the time. Sometimes I just cannot even ping other servers by IP (like 1.1.1.1) because of it. My question is: WHY this function requires hostname (so you need to query some other plain text DNS before reaching encrypted DNS)? Also if I understand well, it uses DNS over TLS, but I’m curious why not DNS over HTTPS (which seems like a reliable solution since I have it configured in my browser and there is never a problem with it…also it uses IP address instead of hostname). Why no one is seeing this problem and no one wants to address it? I tried downloading Quad9 app, but it does not work either (I guess some IPS is filtering TLS requests in my network, but again why DOH is not used then?).
Invizible Pro is an “must have” on the phone, (!) but download it from F-Droid, not from Google Play
From the description:
Obviously it would be better than free VPN services. But I’m wondering how it would stack with my current set up. I already paid for NextDNS and PIA. Usually I don’t run PIA unless I want to access spicy stuff. And 99.999% my NextDNS stuff works fine.
I’d love to pay less but I also want to know what I’m trading for it
I understand your point of view and I think that, if you already pay for an service which works for you, than changing to another is only an option and only recommended if you woun’t pay anymore for it. You can still test InviZible Pro apart, without a risk, because it’s FOSS, pausing your current service.
This is why I always look for an free, or better OpenSource alternative, before I use an paid one (in over 20 years this I never had needed). The first look for a needed soft or service is always in AlternativeTo.
How is it different than Rethink DNS?
Also an good choice, but Invizible Pro, apart of the DNS options, also offers the connection to I2P and TOR network.