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

[curious_curios]

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.

[stop50]

Because they have to do a lot of stuff in userspace

[pestatije]

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