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You don't need their closed app store. Free workaround:

• apply for a free Apple developer account,

• compile your own copy of https://github.com/mtigas/OnionBrowser or https://github.com/yuyao110120/ShadowVPN-iOS and

• install it on your own iDevice

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You get 10 days before your app stops working and you have to do it again. It's a real pain in the butt.

Where do you get that from? Creating app with your own dev account can run on your device for more than 10 days...

[Update] ok I just checked the limitation of the free dev account, and yes because of certificates it is only valid for 7 days... I was thinking about the regular $$ account.

It is idiotic that you can't compile and install something on a device you own.

I would pay a large premium for an iPhone that came jailbroken.

But you can?

When it was first introduced it was longer. Apple then cracked down on that and made the limit more restrictive.

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