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Re:macOS unable to open any non-Apple application by mlindner on Thursday November 12, 2020 @05:43PM (#25076232)
> 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.

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Re:macOS unable to open any non-Apple application by jason0597 on Thursday November 12, 2020 @05:56PM (#25076379)
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.
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Re:macOS unable to open any non-Apple application by kmlx on Friday November 13, 2020 @02:27AM (#25079904)
wait till you find out about antivirus software
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