"socks5 support" on these proxy sites means whatever they want it to mean apparently
lol ok, so back in june i was setting up something that needed webrtc + fast udp, went proxy shopping like normal. every provider's landing page has "full socks5 support!!" plastered everywhere so i figured cool, socks5 = udp included, thats like the whole point of socks5 over socks4 right
wrong. bought 3 different packages from actual known brands (not naming them, dont wanna deal with that) and every single one either timed out or quietly fell back to tcp. spent way too long assuming it was my own code before i even considered it might be the proxy
finally got someone on live chat after like 20 min of hold music and turns out yeah, "socks5" on their plan is tcp only, udp is some separate enterprise thing that costs an extra arm and a leg a month. another provider's rep just kept trying to upsell me instead of answering the actual question lol
anyway apparently this is just a thing? providers advertise socks5 and quietly mean the tcp-only version because most people buying it never touch udp anyway so nobody notices until you actually need it for something real
switched to proxyshard about a month ago, this one actually has udp working out of the box no upsell needed, and everything just works now. still annoyed i burned 3 different subscriptions figuring that out though
moral of the story i guess, dont trust the badge on the site, just ask support point blank if THIS exact plan supports udp before you pay. would've saved me a month and like $150 honestly