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170 points todsacerdoti | 2 comments | 10 Dec 25 07:06 UTC | HN request time: 0.429s | source
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nly ◴[10 Dec 25 10:04 UTC] No.46216011[source]▶
"If you use my (private) network you follow my rules"

And I find it hard to argue with that.

I've been using a VPN habitually on my phone and my (personal) laptop for a decade now. Work, home, travel. Doesn't matter. It's always on.

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redrix ◴[10 Dec 25 10:27 UTC] No.46216160[source]▶
How do you find your typical daily battery life with it always on?

I’ve tried this in the past and had to revert as I found it made a noticeable difference in my day-to-day.

Curious to hear the experience of others.

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1. letmetweakit ◴[10 Dec 25 16:35 UTC] No.46219860[source]▶
I have the impression tailscale drains my battery on macOS and iOS, only turn it on when truly needed.
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2. newdee ◴[10 Dec 25 18:25 UTC] No.46221419[source]▶
Yeah, it most certainly does. Very noticeable on iOS. I don’t know if this is an Apple specific thing, or if it’s a similar story on Android.

It’s WireGuard underneath, which is designed to not be very chatty when idle, so I’d put this down to regular back and forth with Tailscale’s control plane, relays, etc.

It’s a shame really, because a huge value prop of TS is that it’s a VPN you just leave on and forget about. I hate having to toggle it when I inevitably forget to and wonder why I’m getting connection errors to private resources.