It's funny, because Apple privacy policy explicitly covers this data collection, yet you still believe it doesn't exist.

> Usage Data. Data about your activity on and use of our offerings, such as app launches within our services, including browsing history; search history; product interaction; crash data, performance and other diagnostic data; and other usage data

https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/en-ww/

Or maybe Apple Lawyers don't understand either?

> BTW, OCSP checks are unencrypted, but Apple says it will change to an encrypted protocol.

“When caught, simply apologize and promise to do better next time, it will be fine”. It wasn't the first time, and it won't be the last.

As a sidenote: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-13416598