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> Other VPN providers do offer an option of choosing TCP/UDP as per usage i.e. better reliability vs faster speed.

I don't think TCP-based VPNs are offered for increased reliability. They might be offered so you can run your VPN traffic in restricted scenarios, e.g. I run a VPN-ish service that uses TCP/443 by default and all connections are only outbound, so you can still use your VPN in restrictive scenarios.

Outside that, encapsulating TCP inside TCP is nothing short of a headache as you have two congestion control algorithms kicking in and one doesn't know about the other.




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