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Just a follow up to my own comment here for those wondering the same or for in the future if it happens to you. I got word from HN that the community probably thought this post was marketing for a business, and that the community was, understandably, wary of a new account posting their product. Truth is I am a solo hacker and this is just a side project of mine. I made an account with a matching name so that it was easier to determine official answers.

TL;DR: submissions from new accounts that are flagged for any reason weigh heavily against you, keeping you from posting or answering questions in a timely manner. Also, it took 40 min for it to be public on New, starting on the second page.

TL;DR:TL:DR: don't create a new account to post something.

The main selling point over just buying a raspberry pi and installing it locally on your home network is that it only works out of the box on your home network. Opening up your network to the internet is not recommended for the average developer, and generally not recommended at all.

Yes, you can set up your own VPS for less than $9/mo. But not much less.

There is a lot of concern over logging the DNS entries. I'll put a notice on the site, but you are not only able to clear your logs at any time but are also able to turn off logging altogether. I do not keep your logs.

This is not a DNS provider, this is simply a layer that attempts to stifle known ads and trackers. You can already assume your DNS logs are being used somewhere, this does not stop that.

This does not use a VPN to hide your IP.

After creating an account there is a tutorial linking to an iOS and Android app that provides a way to set your DNS via a VPN.

That's exactly right. Everyone gets their own white/blacklist, control over logging, etc. And how would you end a subscription if the IP still existed with the software?

Does anyone know why this post would be flagged?

You are getting a dedicated VPS, so there is no cross traffic sharing between other subscriptions. You can also disable logging if you don't want to graphs. A Raspberry Pi has to be set up on your own local network, and you'd have to open up that port to the world to be able to use it from outside your home, which has farther reaching security issues. This is limiting that exposure to a dedicated VPS outside your network.

I tried to be transparent about pricing, and the free trial lasts an entire day before resetting to make sure you are comfortable setting it up before purchasing. You are getting a dedicated VPS with every plan, no sharing. So the price includes the overhead there.

Thanks for checking it out! I actually am the sort of person that runs a pi-hole at home on a pi, but I wanted my family's devices to be blocking ads also when we left the house, and I found it a pain to always be asking to install extensions on each of the browsers on each of the computers, so a cloud offering let me manage it in one place (after setting up the DNS). I figured I was not alone as a hacker/tinkerer with a family and though others might benefit.