No, it’s using bluetooth the same. I had access to it for a few days before it broke. It’s pretty mediocre imo.

Yep, can replicate (16.3.1)

Honestly pretty funny but doubt this is Apples doing

It’s underbaked. There’s missing functionality such as no lyrics and no system media control integration. I assume it’s going to get better but if this is considered good enough to be a “preview” then I’m not holding my breath.

The preview is out. It’s not good.

Yeah it’s not hard at all with most setups, especially on personal devices. My school used a system that just acted as a DNS sinkhole if you didn’t have the Chrome extension so using my own EDNS got around that.

If there is an SSL certificate in there then yes it would allow the school IT department to monitor HTTPS traffic. However, as a VPN encrypts your traffic, they wouldn’t be able to monitor it.

As for why, many areas have laws requiring schools to filter internet traffic. Many of these systems have block pages that tell you why the page you tried to access was blocked. However, because of HTTPS, these block pages cause the browser to throw an HTTPS error because the certificate it received was invalid. Adding this cert will allow the block page to show without an error (but thats speculation on my part). I use NextDNS for personal filtering of ad domains and the like and because I have a block page enabled, I need to install their certificate so it shows up without an HTTPS error.

I asked that on my phone and got “There are no accessories that support that” with a button to open the Home app. I suppose that makes sense but also can’t think of a homekit accessory that would need charging and do it in a way where youd have to ask Siri to find out if it is.