Why is no one using Quad9 instead of Cloudfare? (lemmy.zip)

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Seems a little odd that the fediverse uses Cloudfare.

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[-] warmaster@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Is Q9 as easy to use?

[-] Admirable_Bagel_0989@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Yes, quad9 is a DNS provider, meaning the way to configure quad9 as your DNS provider is the same as configuring cloudflare but instead of 1.1.1.1 it's 9.9.9.9 (hence the name quad9)

edit: if you're using android or a browser (or really anything that uses DNS over https), the URLs are different, but you can find more info at https://quad9.net/

this post was submitted on 12 Aug 2026

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