[atburrow]

This is a naive response I see given to iPhone users when they ask about how to get a certain feature. It’s obvious no research was put into this answer as a sibling comment to yours clearly helped out by suggesting Charles proxy which is now available natively on iOS.

[tinus_hn]

Well, ‘VPN’ apps that are really ad blockers or data loggers are not allowed on the App Store.

[DavideNL]

One could argue that your response is naive;

NetGuard is a firewall which allows to allow/block traffic.

Charles proxy only allows you to see which connections are being made. They cannot be blocked, there is no firewall functionality. There is not a single app on the App Store that can behave like a firewall on an iOS device, and Apple would definitely not allow this.

So i personally think he has a point; Apple dictating what you may or may not do with your device, without giving you the possibility to opt-out, is not good. Apples "walled garden" has positive side effects of course, like for example hardly any malware on iOS devices versus a lot of malware/viruses on Android devices.

But still, there should be the ability to opt-out of this when accepting the risks. Without this ability it's much like a dictatorship...