As much as it slows down the internet, it seems like it might be worth it to just start using tor at all times for everything.
Because to go to a clearnet website through the tor network, you have three hops. And to go to a hidden service, you have six hops.
Clearnet: You, guard middle, exit, website <-> website, exit, middle, guard, you
Onion service You, guard, middle, your rendezvous, service rendezvous, service middle, service guard, service <-> service guard, service middle, service rendezvous, your rendezvous, your middle, your guard, you.
All those hops add latency because of having to traverse anywhere between three and six different networks over the internet.
And clearnet use is very difficult through Tor. Exit node ips are flagged and you have impossible captchas on many sites.
As I am sure most here are aware, a VPN in and of itself doesn’t “slow the network down” for an entire country. An obviously complete lie.
