It's an invasive restriction, cynically designed, poorly engineered and improperly managed, that impairs your ability to function.. masquerading as security.
macOS is my favorite OS, but I don't need to use it. I was so psyched reading about the new Macbooks, and I've had to walk all that excitement back now. I cannot invest in a computer that locks me out of my job if a cable gets cut by a maintenance crew in Cupertino.
The problem today is that not that the connection to the server failed, but that it succeeded very slowly. The result was an accidental denial of service on the client.
It is a bug, and an easily fixed one at that.
This is the reason I can no longer use Apple computers - the continuous battle they are waging against the users freedom on all fronts - the anxiety of what they will do next to _my_ computer is too much.
Your only real recourse is to compile everything from source after a thorough review every time...
...or else trust someone.
Sure Apple had a problem here, but there are so many other reasons to trust them over any other org that I can't in good conscience switch platforms, because there's so much more anxiety elsewhere.
With Linux you don't have to worry about every program you launch being reported to the mothership, or that failure of the mothership to respond would cause your computer to not function.
Just because there's no single central org involved doesn't mean there aren't risks.
Just because there are risks doesn't mean the risks are meaningfully comparable.
Linux won't report to the mothership by design. If things work 100% correctly, you don't have to worry about some company knowing what programs you run and when.
If you're a media person then yeah, I feel bad for you, i've been there and it sucks, you're stuck with mac and windows if you require mainstream design apps.
I’m wondering, suppose it was designed this way because part of the goal is to prevent the spread of malware, the fastest means of which is an internet connected computer. In that event, the feature only intrudes when the computer, by virtue of it’s internet connection, is a member of the threat class.
So... plausible?
I presume this setup wasn't public knowledge.
Apple does not own the computer.
If Apple wants to own the computer, they can pay me instead.
You didn't pay for that. You licensed it from them.