“the dns is a hosted service, it resides on a host, that’s all a registrar is, they add you to the dns lookup”
all services on the web reside on servers, including registrar services, but not all services that resides on servers are hosting service ... to those of us who make a living doing this, “hosting” means website and/or email service hosting ... it can be done without a 3rd party host like FR does, but for 99.9999999999999% of people and companies it’s far cheaper and far more convenient to utilize a third-party hosting service ...
https://www.google.com/search?q=hosting
I am looking for someone that launches a service without any outside support other than an ISP.
I have also questioned why doesn’t someone setup a conservative dns service where you never have to worry about left wingers jacking your domain name.