This isn't really on topic but since you mentioned it, the only way for Europe to stay relevant is if we integrate more.

That depends on what you mean by integrate. There are many clear examples where it makes no sense to enforce homogenous legislation. Europe is a big place, and it makes sense to have different systems in different places.

Take tires for instance - in the Scandinavian countries we require winter tires for the season, something which would make no sense in Italy for instance.

Yeah, sure. Go complain about your life in the EU. Must be awful.

Maybe go outside and enjoy your privileged life in Europe.

Not sure about adguard, but unless you are running it with unbound or similar, you still have to point it at a DNS server someone else controls.

With unbound you go straight to the root hint servers.

Right, I understand all that but I still can’t figure out why DNS is going to a 14 Eyes country instead of staying in Switzerland.

A yes, a public dns resolver funded by taxpayers money and nothing of it is open source...

Sounds like a massive waste of money to me.
Just give someone like Mullvad (they already have a DNS service that is open source) that money instead of trying to be another shitty DNS Resolver.

Also the company behind this looks incredibly scummy and their products are mostly buzzword-bullshit.
The whole company is based on selling a DNS blocklist for as much money as possible.

Also: https://www.whalebone.io/aura-for-consumers

People want to be safe online. They are even willing to pay for it. They just want their telco to offer them a smooth way to get there.
Common cybersecurity products struggle with low adoption rates due to the need for downloads. Whalebone Aura requires
no installation or updates and activates with a single click.

That's sounds a lot like the ISP is implementing some kind of deep network inspection "to protect you from the internet"... aka censoring.

Didn't know about unbound. Thanks.

If it was a simple geoip lookup that isn't really reliable wrt anycast addresses (or even addresses in general).

9.9.9.9 for example gets reported as Berkely, CA (US). Which is only partially accurate, for complicated business holding and ASN reasons, but is not representative of what DNS PoP you're actually using at any given time.

That’s true and that all makes sense. I guess I kind of forget because generally the IP address is physically very near to where I’m testing from.

I just switched to a Swiss DNS resolver regardless. I like Quad9’s malware blocking but it’s more important to me to keep the DNS server in Switzerland (despite it needing to query outside the country regardless).

That depends on what you mean by integrate. There are many clear examples where it makes no sense to enforce homogenous legislation. Europe is a big place, and it makes sense to have different systems in different places.

No, there are no place where it make no sense. Granted that you need to write a more complex law, but in the end it is nothing impossible.

Take tires for instance - in the Scandinavian countries we require winter tires for the season, something which would make no sense in Italy for instance.

Just for the record, even in Italy the winter tires are required for the season (but we can just have chains on board and we are good).

It includes “compliance with EU regulations” which in this case is soon going to involve redirecting and tracking visitors to sites such as thepiratebay.

Which are already required, in a form or another, for every EU member, so ?

Member states are forced to comply with legislation passed by the EU, even if a majority of the citizens of a state do not want to implement it. Technically there are two other options - sufferimg massive fines and punitive actions by the EU, or leaving. I’d rather not have to endure either of those, so instead I complain, loudly, online, to politicians, MPs and MEPs.

Member states are forced to comply with legislation passed by the EU writing their own laws. An EU directive has no effect in Italy unless a law that acknowledges it is enacted. True, we must write a law that implement the directive but it is not an automatism.

It is not that living in EU remove our right to criticize what we think is not working.

And currently there is a lot that not work in EU, or that can work way better.

An EU directive has no effect in Italy unless a law that acknowledges it is enacted. True, we must write a law that implement the directive but it is not an automatism.

This is exactly what I wrote in the comment you replied to, albeit with different wording? Basically the only other options if the nation does not want to comply is: a) suffering punitive actions from the EU indefinitely or until they comply or b) leaving the EU.

Just for the record, even in Italy the winter tires are required for the season (but we can just have chains on board and we are good).

Double checking and it doesn't seem like it? Then again I don't live in Italy. Here in Sweden you'll face a fine of ~2000kr (roughly 200€) per tire on your vehicle that is out of spec.

Are winter tyres compulsory in European countries?

They are not compulsory everywhere in France but what about other European countries? What are the risks od driving winthout winter tyres?

(www.europe-consommateurs.eu)

Granted that you need to write a more complex law, but in the end it is nothing impossible.

...and thus it is much simpler to handle these kinds of regulations at a lower level. No need for everyone everywhere to agree, people can have rules that work for them where they live, folks are happier and don't have to struggle against a system run by bureaucrats so far away they have no idea what reality on the ground is (and they can't, it's impossible to account for every scenario centrally). Even on a municipal level certain regulations differ, and that's completely ok!

so ?

To make it extra clear. I don't want to be subjected to these kinds of regulations. They are an infringement upon my personal freedoms and my privacy.

I don't want these regulations to exist. If they exist, I'd prefer they be unenforceable. If they try to enforce them, I'll try to circumvent them.

The internet wants to be free.

Just for the record, even in Italy the winter tires are required for the season (but we can just have chains on board and we are good).

Double checking and it doesn’t seem like it? Then again I don’t live in Italy. Here in Sweden you’ll face a fine of ~2000kr (roughly 200€) per tire on your vehicle that is out of spec.
https://www.europe-consommateurs.eu/en/travelling-motor-vehicles/motor-vehicles/winter-tyres-in-europe.html

Well, I live in Italy and they are required at least in all the northern regions and over a certain altitude in all the others from 15th November to 15th April. Then in some regions these limits are differents as you have seen.

So we in Italy already have a law that consider a different situation for the same rule.

Granted that you need to write a more complex law, but in the end it is nothing impossible.

…and thus it is much simpler to handle these kinds of regulations at a lower level. No need for everyone everywhere to agree, people can have rules that work for them where they live, folks are happier and don’t have to struggle against a system run by bureaucrats so far away they have no idea what reality on the ground is (and they can’t, it’s impossible to account for every scenario centrally). Even on a municipal level certain regulations differ, and that’s completely ok!

So it is not that difficult, just write a directive that say: "All the member states should make laws that require winter tires in every place it is deemed necessary".

I don't really think that making EU more integrated is impossibile