Just heard a radio interview where a dynamic pricing expert said some online shops detect a Safari browser and assume Apple users have deeper pockets. The algo positions higher priced items to the top of the page and perhaps shows them higher prices as those on non-Apple platforms.
So of course I’m thinking: this is perhaps a good reason to get more folks using Tor. If you cannot sell the idea of privacy, maybe money savings would sway them.
Tor users are fucked by tor-hostility, but that marginalisation is only possible because we are a small demographic. We need to be a bigger demographic.
One of the core purposes of Tor Browser is to reduce browser-fingerprint uniqueness. I can’t say whether the Apple version requires compromises on that, but it’d be alarming if TB on iOS failed to at least mask the Apple factor. Worth noting that adding extensions to Tor Browser can compromise the anti-browserprinting effect.
Tor Browser is not just for onion services. You should be able to reach clearnet sites using exit nodes and that should be automatic.
I would not worry about adding congestion to the Tor network. The Tor community relies on cover traffic to some extent.