Do you use iCloud Private Relay for general web browsing?

[MacMan988]

Hi all,

Do you use the iCloud Private Relay feature? Have you noticed any browsing performance loss with iCloud Private Relay turned on?
And, does it really give us anonymity when it is turned on?

Thanks!

 

[Rnd-chars]

Use it always and I have it set to use my “country and time zone” for location instead of “general location.”

The only perf difference I’ve noticed is if I’m hardwired to my LAN/router, which reduces results on Speedtest from ~1.1Gbps to ~700Mbps. That’s insignificant for my purposes and disappears over nearly any wireless connection.

 

[Apple_Robert]

I use it all the time.

 

[Pecka]

I'm a performance freak so I don't use it.

 

[bogdanw]

No, never have, never will.
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/permanently-disable-icloud-private-relay.2332146/

 

[InvertedGoldfish]

What’s their logging policy and any 3rd part audit?

I just use a good VPN

Based on Apple being US based I just don’t view them as able to offer proper privacy

 

[svenmany]

I used to use it. I no longer do. Every now and again I'd have connection issues which would disappear after I turned it off.

 

[webbga]

I disabled it after I discovered it was bringing my Internet speed to a crawl

 

[iHorseHead]

I disabled it after I discovered it was bringing my Internet speed to a crawl

same here. The Internet speed was brutally slow and it didn't load all the websites when PR was on.

 

[phototristan]

I used to think it stalled sometimes but I think it's actually Safari. When I quite Safari and re-launch it, the problem goes away. This is with keeping Private Relay on the whole time. It just seems like Safari on desktop and Private Relay sometimes don't get along, oddly.

I also have not experienced any issues with Private Relay on any of my iOS devices.

Be that as it may however, the issue never happens with Private Relay off so who knows? I wish the issue didn't happen.

 

[phototristan]

Update: unfortunately it was fine for like 48 hours then I noticed another slowdown so it’s still seems flakey…


Just sharing that with the most recent MacOS update, I no longer seem to be having this issue and iCloud Private Relay seems reliable now.

 

[chevyboy60013]

I turned it on and really see no difference in the wifi speeds. Kinda like its concept so as long as it does not slow my MacBook Pro to a crawl.... I will be leaving it on.