Basically the way I see it iCloud private relay helps you in terms of safari browsing and keeping your ip hidden and I suppose encrypting unencrypted traffic is a plus.
However iCloud relay also routes your dns queries which yeah is good if you want to see the app transparency report, but doesn’t really help block anything.
From what I know Nextdns is a great service that helps block unwanted connections or trackers, but then you loose the safari advantage.
So I guess the question is, which is the best option for privacy and security?
(Also the nextdns app hasn’t been updated for about 3years on iOS)
FYI about VPNs, they encrypt unencrypted traffic only part of the way. Everything is still unencrypted between the VPN server and the server you are connecting to. Just thought I’d say this because a lot of VPN ads are very misleading about this.