WW 865: You Don't Drink the Bottle!

TWiT Shows Windows Weekly
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Beep boop - this is a robot. A new show has been posted to TWiT…

What are your thoughts about today’s show? We’d love to hear from you!

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The Arc browser looks interesting, but their marketing material really makes it seem like their Windows offering is a second-class citizen in terms of development effort. Hope they prove me wrong.

I’m all for Arc’s extreme minimalist UI style though. I always try to configure any browser I use to maximize the amount of space dedicated to the content. I was an Edge fan from the early days because of the minimal UI, before Microsoft bloated the crap out of it.

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I really wish Microsoft would give up on Edge and go back to the original “Spartan”.

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I considered using NextDNS but then, in order to set it up on my router, I’d need a static IP address to get the most out of the filtering stuff, Even though I can get Plusnet to give me one, it seems like a bad idea to me,

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Purchasing a static IP address isn’t necessary to use a DNS filtering solution like NextDNS. You can manually update your NextDNS linked IP when your address changes, or you can utilize a DDNS solution like DynDNS to automatically update your IP address. Many modern routers support such automation.

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Not true. NextDNS does not require a static IP or, in fact, DynDNS. You are modifying your DNS settings.

If you want different custom setups for deifferent devices you can use the NextDNS apps to associate the device to your account and custom settings.

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I had NextDNS on my Asus router for several years. It worked well, but I didn’t like how many unidentified devices were listed (like hundreds) and I couldn’t follow their instructions for getting devices identified. Ultimately I left them because of the lack development, and the developers seemed pretty user hostile and generally unhelpful toward the community. I left them for ControlD. At first their DNS speeds weren’t as fast, and their network would connect me to LA, even though Montreal was closer. Internal updates, there’s now a server in Chicago and my speeds have greatly improved.

I’ve also enjoyed using pi-hole alternative, Adguard Home. I think the interface is more polished.