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 If you configure it to use Orbot but Orbot is not there, it will use its internal Tor instead of crashing. No one wants to see a client that can't load anything.  
 Sure, but if I want it to use Orbot, specifically, then it's on me that Orbot is available. This was the only way of knowing that Amethyst was actually using Tor. Now, I have no guarantees that Tor is being used. 

If you make a setting, and I say Orbot only, don't assume I want a bypass. Make that a separate, opt-in choice. It is not a given.  
 That was not a good way of knowing if Amethyst was using Tor or not because so much of what the app does does not show up on the screen. Just because the feed is empty doesn't mean that Amethyst is only using Tor. 

You can use something like  https://www.rethinkdns.com/ to monitor connections that apps make, including Amethyst. Both form using internal Tor and Orbot.  
 On this point as well, I've blocked Amethyst from using mobile and wifi data entirely, and yet, it bypasses those restrictions as well? What is it leaning on internally that it bypasses this block?