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This is probably a good thing. When Private relay breaks (such as on my network at my house and some public wifi networks at a popular grocery chain), there's l

This is probably a good thing. When Private relay breaks (such as on my network at my house and some public wifi networks at a popular grocery chain), there's literally no indication that private relay is broken. Instead, friends tell me my wifi is broken or suddenly I can't use my grocery store's app to scan my products. When your product causes your customers to call someone else and complain, don't be surprised if that "someone else" disabled access to your product.

jeffybefffy519 5y ago
Your iPhone immediately throws up a notification saying “private relay unavailable”.
- withinboredom 5y ago
  I have notifications disabled.
ssully 5y ago
I've had Private Relay stop working for me once and I was served a push notification indicating that it wasn't working.
kylehotchkiss 5y ago
I wish there were better visual indications within Safari regarding whether it's on or off. Especially when connecting to a new wifi network with a portal, which almost always break it. Private relay only works within Safari though, why would it affect your grocery store app?
astrange 5y ago
Private relay doesn't apply to apps, only Safari. (though the app could use a web sheet)
djrogers 5y ago
Pretty sure you're talking about something that's not iCloud Private Relay, because if that's not the case it sounds like you're just making stuff up. First of all, Private Relay doesn't affect your grocery store's app - 3rd party app traffic doesn't use it. It also can't 'break' your home wifi for your friends. And finally, when it's not working, it's automatically disabled, you are notified, and you continue browsing without it.
- withinboredom 5y ago
  It’s also quite possible it’s changed quite a bit since it first hit the public beta. The grocery store app required you to connect to WiFi, which had a TOS you had to accept to use the WiFi. But my home network’s DNS is quite … convoluted (intercepted and sent through DOT depending on which vlan you’re on, which somehow broke private relay). From the comments here, I’ve learned how to disable this feature remotely. So that’ll be nice. I never saw the “it’s broken” notification. So either it came after I last used private relay, or it never broke through my “no notifications” settings.

jeffybefffy519 5y ago

Your iPhone immediately throws up a notification saying “private relay unavailable”.

withinboredom 5y ago
I have notifications disabled.

ssully 5y ago

I've had Private Relay stop working for me once and I was served a push notification indicating that it wasn't working.

kylehotchkiss 5y ago

I wish there were better visual indications within Safari regarding whether it's on or off. Especially when connecting to a new wifi network with a portal, which almost always break it. Private relay only works within Safari though, why would it affect your grocery store app?

astrange 5y ago

Private relay doesn't apply to apps, only Safari. (though the app could use a web sheet)

djrogers 5y ago

Pretty sure you're talking about something that's not iCloud Private Relay, because if that's not the case it sounds like you're just making stuff up. First of all, Private Relay doesn't affect your grocery store's app - 3rd party app traffic doesn't use it. It also can't 'break' your home wifi for your friends. And finally, when it's not working, it's automatically disabled, you are notified, and you continue browsing without it.

withinboredom 5y ago
It’s also quite possible it’s changed quite a bit since it first hit the public beta. The grocery store app required you to connect to WiFi, which had a TOS you had to accept to use the WiFi. But my home network’s DNS is quite … convoluted (intercepted and sent through DOT depending on which vlan you’re on, which somehow broke private relay). From the comments here, I’ve learned how to disable this feature remotely. So that’ll be nice. I never saw the “it’s broken” notification. So either it came after I last used private relay, or it never broke through my “no notifications” settings.