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.