> why not just set up BIND with root hints? that way the only time it will
> query google, is
> when looking for something on its infrastructure.
That's an interesting point but tn the spirit of FreedomBox, which is to get
us all as far away from Google, etc. as possible, I would prefer using a system
which exists for the public's good and just giving Google the bird. This one
for example:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenNIC
I guess I'm something of an extremist where Google is concerned after watching
it devolve from a pretty cool search engine into a money making steamroller
that will stop at nothing (including not playing by the rules) to achieve its
goals.
I see no reason why anything in FreedomBox should rely on anything Google does,
serves or is otherwise connected to. If users choose to run on non-free
hardware (I am myself right now as a matter of necessity, not choice) that's
one thing, but if purity counts, we need to throw Big Data [collection] under
the bus everywhere we see it.
It's a matter of principal for me and I'm sure we won't all agree so I hope
that doesn't come over as being contrarian for the sake of it.
Certainly as things are seeing Google's DNS pop up hard coded into the basic
installation was a bit of a disappointment. I guess I could raise an Issue over
at Github but I'm barely working out how modern C compilers work, never mind
source control! :)
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