You're right that it's not suited for time sensitive stuff. But for messaging, light browsing, email, podcasts and light social media, it's more than enough.
Yes Tor is not perfect, but it's definitely better than anything else considering the anon set.
If most nodes were operated by the NSA, most businesses on the darkweb would not exist.
NSA needs tor to actually work for their own operstional motives.
With latest versions of orbot every android can be a non-exit node.
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With unlimited data plan maybe. Still will drain battery. Unless you're thinking about wifi connected constantly power plugged spare device...
Not the perfect solution, but it certainly can be helpful and useful.