Privacy concerns aren’t the only reason to block it. It also makes software way more responsive. I was experiencing daily freezes that would disconnect my keybo

Privacy concerns aren’t the only reason to block it. It also makes software way more responsive. I was experiencing daily freezes that would disconnect my keyboard and mouse (particularly when waking the computer or connecting to an external display) on my 2020 MacBook Air before adding the entry to my hosts file which fixed the issue entirely. It was so pronounced and irreparable by Apple support technicians that I nearly ended up getting rid of the computer.