What this is
Region-switching and privacy tools are their own app_kind ('vpn') distinct from general userscripts, since they involve a genuinely different technical concern — routing and region logic — rather than manipulating a specific website's content or behavior.
How it works
A VPN app plugs into the same tamper_apps submission and catalog system as every other app type, but its install_code handles connection/region logic rather than page manipulation — the platform doesn't need to know the specifics of how your VPN logic works, just that it's correctly categorized so users looking for privacy tools can find it.
Holding BOT for this path
Like every app type in this category, ongoing publishing access for VPN tools is expected to run through holding BOT as the ecosystem's access requirement matures — the same underlying mechanism regardless of which specific app_kind your tool uses.
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