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nixosbestostoday at 6:02 PM1 replyview on HN

I guess I'll just say that I hope you share the blame with the appropriate parties whenever you are suffering through iOS entitlements and provisioning to publish or self-load it on your iPhone, since Netbird's iOS client is open source.

Though, maybe it's not doing business in the US, and maybe the app is not similarly geo-blocked.

Actually can you not just pull the app and then side-load it anyway? That's what I would do if I couldn't get Tailscale from the Play Store...

Maybe this comment helps shed light on who I think are real the cause of your ire. Frankly I strongly agree with Brad's comment on why they don't care to open source the iOS client like they do the Android one.


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ZoomZoomZoomtoday at 7:03 PM

I'm not sure where you saw ire. The only direct negativity was aimed at restrictions themselves, which is the product of foreign policy of specific countries and Apple politics. I'm not angry at Tailscale, just disappointed and annoyed.

> Actually can you not just pull the app and then side-load it anyway? That's what I would do if I couldn't get Tailscale from the Play Store...

The issue is, even if it's possible (which I doubt, since the users in question are not in the EU), it's technically challenging and the whole point of using a VPN solution was connectivity, which, besides other things, facilitates me technically assisting others. Besides, where do I even get the iOS client to side-load?

The point of my initial post was to ask if Netbird suffers from the same deficiencies as Tailscale (which are a fact). The question still stands, BTW.