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Ask HN: Why do VPNs take up so much battery life on iOS?

by hahnchen on 3/21/24, 8:50 AM with 3 comments

  • by curious_curios on 3/21/24, 11:52 AM

    If 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.
  • by stop50 on 3/21/24, 8:57 AM

    Because they have to do a lot of stuff in userspace
  • by pestatije on 3/21/24, 9:28 AM

    not knowing where it is (or being confused about it), the os keeps trying to confirm its location, wasting battery