A textbook case: public funds burned for years on a service that was never viable. The money's gone, the work's gone, and predictably, so is the project. Same old story.

Launch tweet:

"We are launching the first 100% European public DNS resolver! Free, sovereign and operated by an independent non-profit organization based in France." [1]

Shutdown announcement on dns0.eu:

"We recommend switching to DNS4EU and NextDNS" [2]

I get that NextDNS and dns0 have the same founders, but it strikes me as odd to recommend an American company to the users of dns0... Unclear to me what was the point of dns0 for them.

[1] https://x.com/dns0eu/status/1622912939501010945

[2] https://www.dns0.eu/

I feel for the team behind it; running a DNS service can't be cheap, especially when you're trying to stay green. Maybe a community‑funded model could keep it alive? Just a thought.