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so, it's a vpn -- the other vpn app i use is local hosts file adblocker that apple removed from the app store last year for the following reason:

>According to Apple, Future Mind's AdBlock app violates section 4.2 of the App Store Review Guidelines, which dictates that apps must be useful, unique, and "app-like."

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It's not a VPN. Unless you mean "it's a VPN for your DNS traffic only". Which is an odd distinction.

It's implemented on iOS as a VPN, of which you can only have one active at a time.

Some Ad Blockers are implemented as VPNs. This is unfortunate, and they should use the Safari Content Blockers interface instead. Content Blockers cannot intercept or sell your content, since the code is sandboxed and doesn't get network access. NeverAds seems to work well for me.

Well, VPN software is one place you don’t have to use Apple’s “walled garden”. They could sell thier service outside of the App Store and publish instructions on how to set it up within settings on the iPhone.

Not quite. iPhone VPN settings are limited to the protocols that Apple has built into iOS (primarily IPsec). If you want something different like WireGuard, you need a separate app.

If you are marketing a VPN solution to iOS users, and you want to sell outside of the App Store, how is it an onerous requirement to implement industry standards?

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