@thermia yet every single #MNO & #MVNO I KNOW does this:

@snep espechally on mobile!

• In my 15+ years of experience, @torproject / #Tor works as a #PerformanceProxy on #throttled #mobile networks in #EDGEland since #MNO|s and #MVNO|s don't properly negotiate a "link width" but #throttle by #dropping packets, adding #TCP #SlowStart as #latency.

OFC it won't make shit go faster, but more reliable.

• #latency is shit on all mobile networks that ain't straight-up #IP-based like #WiFi, Tor doesn't add that much to it...

In fact, Tor makes #throttled connections bearable for me for >15 years, as even back in 2008 one couldn't just get "unlimited data", espechally not as an individual (school child) without income or wealth!

Issues aside it's now 15 years since I started using #Tor / @torproject & @guardianproject / #Orbot on #Android full-time.

• Not just for #privacy, but because it acts as a #PerformanceProxy on #throttled #German mobile networks!

Because in #EDGEland they yeet users to 64kBit/s if not even lower to 16kBit/s past paid bandwith and instead of properly renegotiating the bandwith, they trottle connections by reducing the packet rate / dropping packets, making it as #laggy as a #GSO-based #SATCOM connection!

• On top of that, almost all #MNO|s & #MVNO|s illegally use RFC1918 Address space, *espechally 10.0.0.0/8 for #CGNAT, thus bricking #VPN|s and sadly @BNetzA doesn't really give a damn!

@Germo The problem I have is that #eSIM restricts my #FreedomOfChoice re: #Devices.

• Yes, I do use multiple devices and I want to be able to pick them freely.

Same with #eSIM: I can put that on a #SIM #Card *but I can't swap the soldered-down #Chip!

• #Fairphone could've offered / included an #eSIMcard (yes, these do exist!) and thus solved the entire issue: offering #eSIM & #DualSIM without the need of a #TripleSIM-capable #Baseband!

And yes, I routinely use #eSIMcards because I get the #freedom and #flexibility of choice, because it's noone's business which #device I use Which #plans on!

• And whilst courts in #Germany ruled it's illegal to charge for #DeciceSwaps re: #eSIMs, that is only enforceable against #MNO|s & #MVNO|s from #Germany!

Plus many plans I want to use and/or help people to setup are #SIMonly and not available as #eSIM (i.e. #netzclub)...

• No, eSIM is NOT a sufficient replacement even by the sheer fact that most of my devices can't even manage an eSIM Card unless that would he possible just with #ICCDcodes and *"#SIMtoolkit" / embedded Firmware on the #SIMcard!

I dare you to try to deploy an #eSIM on a #2Gonly #StupidPhone whereas a regular SIM can just be chugged in!

@forceofhabit yeah, blocking #CGNAT address ranges is a good thing.

• Tho most #MNO|s & #MVNO|s violate #NetNeutrality and #IETF standards and use #RFC1918 (i.e. 10.0.0.0/8) for CGNAT.

Also thanks for reminding me to never set foot into Belgium again, cuz that sounds like a facist policestate!