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DNS has grown notoriously complex over the years and it is hard work to run a standards compliant service. Congratulations. A few suggestions: - Auto-detect OS and suggest…",{"id":157,"by":158,"text":159},"20013093","fredsanford","This is a service I've been looking for! But... Why do you need a shitton of javascript to load your main page? I cannot see the main page with ublock origin + umatrix blocking…",[161,169,174],{"value":162,"source":101,"evidence":163},"Open source the code",[164,165],{"id":127,"by":128,"text":129},{"id":166,"by":167,"text":168},"20012839","vkdelta","1. How would you compare your service with paid service \"Circle\" https:\u002F\u002Fmeetcircle.com\u002F 2. How effective is it at blocking apps? 3. Will you OpenSource it? 4. 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