Why does the tor guide uses the transparent proxy (transproxy) for tcp intercept instead of the socks5 proxy?

Installing and Using OpenWrt Network and Wireless Configuration
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This guide https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/services/tor/client

Why not the socks5 proxy?

I haven't tried using socks5 to be honest, but I don't think I'll find out if I do. (Like if it doesn't work and I lose internet connection, I would still not know why it doesn't work)

I would like to use socks5 for consistency sake and because it might be faster (I don't think it's significantly beneficial)

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@vgaetera tag because you are a main contributor to that article? So you did it? I am not sure if it's okay to tag you

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Because, the 2 are not the same.

Tor has support for transparent proxy connections in addition to SOCKS connections.

~ from: https://gitlab.torproject.org/legacy/trac/-/wikis/doc/TransparentProxy

(Feel free to look directly at the TOR manual too.)

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oh, I read that same page but I misunderstood. I thought the transparent proxy was the tor https proxy

I am reading more on it now through other sites, this is a new term for me. Thanks

Edit: After reading multiple websites, I still don't understand why socks5 can't be used to intercept all tcp connections. The only thing I am told by these websites is that transparent proxy is designed for this but socks5 is not, but some websites also tell me that socks5 can do tcp interception. (note: I didn't mean to post this edit, I wanted to try it first)

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The idea is to force client traffic to Tor no matter the client side settings.
Using SOCKS5 requires explicit configuration and support by all client apps.

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