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> software can/will fail to launch if some central company server goes down

The central company server didn't go down. If it was down there would be no problem. The problem is that the server is slow.



You're missing the point. I don't care if Apple has the most reliable servers in the world. Phoning home the hashes of the binaries you run is an outright violation of user privacy.


wait till you find out about antivirus software




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