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Ask HN: Why do VPNs take up so much battery life on iOS?
- stop50 2y agoBecause they have to do a lot of stuff in userspace
- pestatije 2y agonot knowing where it is (or being confused about it), the os keeps trying to confirm its location, wasting battery
- curious_curios 2y agoIf it’s a VPN where it embeds the web browser that would explain it. Safari is consistently 20-30% battery usage even without a VPN.