T-Mobile begins blocking iPhone users from enabling iCloud Private Relay in US

Re:T-Mobile begins blocking iPhone users from enabling iClou... by notimetorelax on Monday January 10, 2022 @06:30PM (#29884618)

Very good point on cache servers for Netflix and YouTube. Telcos save a lot of money when they terminate the traffic in their network. Private relay may affect that. Although apple’s solution could be clever about it.

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Re:T-Mobile begins blocking iPhone users from enabling iClou... by mike_d on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @03:25AM (#29888966)

I think this is honestly the biggest legitimate concern for the carriers: where the bits go.

Right now a hypothetical metro area might have a 20G circuit to Carrier A, a 20G circuit to Carrier B, and 20G of private peering to {Netflix, Google, etc}. With private relay they need to rip all that out and replace it with a 60G pipe to Apple.

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Re:T-Mobile begins blocking iPhone users from enabling iClou... by mariojv on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @12:24AM (#29887922)

Apple's solution could be clever about it, and it currently doesn't even block edge routing on mobile apps. It currently only supports Safari traffic, and most streaming will be via an app with things like Netflix. I suppose if YouTube routes to an edge that may be affected if viewing via Safari, but I'd be surprised if peering agreements aren't made when Private Relay goes out of beta.

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