Regarding protocols, as you may know since we dedicated many articles to these, encryption and speed are directly related to each other since if one increases, the other has the exact opposite effect. Truth is PPTP may be missed by those who like to use it for speed purposes, as it is indeed the faster one. This can be seen as a required step that, sooner or later, had to be taken towards a safer future since the newer versions of Apple software will discard any unsafe measures and will not allow purely fast protocols.

The announcement was made back in July 2016 and, besides this being quite the common presence for VPN protocol configuration, truth being told we are not surprised by the American company’s decision, as this was in fact the weakest VPN protocol anyone could count on. PPTP support is now water under the bridge for Apple, at least for the newer versions iOS 10 and macOS Sierra.