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> The way to solve it and still continue to use iOS is to implement your VPN at the network layer. e.g. use one of those wifi routers with a VPN client built in.

That's a little impractical for a phone. You'd have to lug around some kind of VPN-enabled mobile hotspot, plus batteries to power it.

[kube-system]

You’re right, it ain’t convenient… but mobile hotspots already have batteries.