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EDNS is an optional field. Client subnet is an optional part of that optional field. It’s relatively new compared to DNS as a whole, and most “webmasters” don’t make active use of it.

The quote you pulled is about Cloudflare’s efforts to build a better standard. They’re talking to the people with the expertise and interest to build that standard. You’ve inferred “proprietary” and “closed club”, and a ton of motive besides, and you’ve copy-pasted that speculation as if it were fact into multiple comment trees.

>>akerl_+(OP)
1. EDNS is needless when you are using your provider DNS. It is needed for public DNS servers. So it is optional, as is needless most of the time. Before launching Cloudflare DNS, the biggest public DNS service was Googles, who developed and implemented EDNS. Then comes Cloudflare and "the people with the expertise and interest" to rethink that.

2. I assume that commercial companies are here to make money, not "a better future" (besides the better future for the shareholders). If they implement something, the first question is how do they make money with it.

>>raxi+V
I’m not going to debate your stance on how you assess someone’s motivations, but it does seem like you shouldn’t attempt to present your speculation as fact.