I think you just explained why I do this. I thought I had just developed an addiction to the news over the past six months, but this hit me.

I see where I can change DNS for WiFi in iOS settings, but cellular requires an app. It sounds like VPN without the security?

If Verizon is throttling, would that be circumvented by a VPN connection?

Used Ookla. Got 40 Mbit down off VPN, 2.25 on VPN.

Will continue using this in future tests. I don’t watch Netflix on my phone. I usually am browsing Lemmy, YouTube, or listening to Apple Music. Fast.com has been my indicator of why my speed is so slow off of VPN when using these services on cellular. While it might not be an ideal speed test, its results track with my connections performance with these services.

That is to say, at times I’ll find myself not on VPN, find that my videos are chugging, turn VPN on, and problem solved. I usually only turn it off if I’m on home WiFi.

Dunno about where Charter was routing. Just knew it was a common best practice for users in my town to manually set their DNS to Google.

Charter became Spectrum and since then this hasn’t been a need.

So far as cellular goes, I don’t think I can manage my IP settings on the phone as one would on Windows. I already use VPN if I travel or use public WiFi, and learned that, holy shit, my speeds are far better while connected than not. So I stay connected almost all the time. It’s counter intuitive, but I can’t argue with the results.

Routing. Back in the day, Charter customers experienced horrible download speeds using Charter’s DNS servers.

Switching to Google’s would result in far more reliable network speeds.

Tell me you’re a dickhead without telling me you’re a dickhead.

I use VPN because it actually speeds up my connection on cellular. My theory is the DNS servers that Verizon uses in my area are inefficient, to the point where I’ll get 1 Mbit down on Verizon, but 100 Mbit down connected to Proton VPN.

It has nothing to do with security, unless I’m in a coffee shop on WiFi.

Edit: here are my speeds on cellular, first without VPN, second while connected to a server in Los Angeles.

Support and protect this person and leaders like them. Fight for them.

It’s exhausting to hear this, but 100% true. Trump creates daily outrage so there’s no oxygen in the room to focus on his crimes. We were talking about unredacting the files, holding Trump to account in the court of public opinion, and everything fell away again because he used our military to wage war. It’s taken over the conversation, again, with what remains being posts like these reminding people almost in vain that hey, if Trump breathes a word or walks from point A to B while on camera, its to distract the public from organizing over the truth that he is a narcissistic rapist pedophile with the ability to end the world.

Heated seats in luxury cars.

This is the case where I work.

Yes. It’s probably concerning if they are continuously fined, but unless there’s a mechanism that ensures that, this is likely just annoying and not meaningful.

Producers of consumer-grade routers that receive Conditional Approval from DoW or DHS can continue to receive FCC equipment authorizations. Interested applicants are encouraged to submit applications to conditional-approvals@fcc.gov

A very speculative, cynical interpretation: something of value will be exchanged for the privilege of conditional approval.

Facebook made 200 billion in revenue in 2025.

https://stockanalysis.com/stocks/meta/revenue/

They were fined $375 million. They averaged $550 million per day last year.

The US industry seems to be driven by short sighted dipshits. Wait, can I go again? The US seems to be driven by short sighted dipshits.

This will enshittivize profit over quality of service.

He certainly looks well adjusted.

Always, always default to the simplest answer being the most likely to be true. In context, the government is too incompetent to manage such a thing.

That icon looks like a stylized asshole.

Enjoying Bazzite.

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