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Thanks @Velocio, as always I really appreciate your advice on this thread.
One more for you please. On my phone I can turn next DNS on and off with the app. On the laptop there doesn't appear to be such a straightforward way to do this other than stay logged on on the webpage?
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On the phone, an Android, I use the Private DNS function and just leave it permanently on.
On my browsers, Firefox, I configure the DNS over HTTPS function to use the NextDNS endpoint.
On my fixed home network I use the IPs for NextDNS as the DNS on my router.
On my laptops, I configure https://github.com/getdnsapi/stubby on Mac, Windows and Linux... but TBH, 99% of my traffic comes from browsers so mostly I care about those.
I'm not using the NextDNS app at all... I dunno, I don't see the point in running processes I don't need and DNS is a very lightweight thing so why run an app. You can if you want, I just don't see the point.
Velocio
NextDNS is more effective than a VPN at more secure and ad free.
The only thing it can't do is hide your IP.
If you're going to do one and aren't doing illegal stuff, do NextDNS.