Nah, gatekeeper has been doing the remote check thing for years (just, 2 of them, I think). It only became noticeable because there was an oversight in the "fa

Nah, gatekeeper has been doing the remote check thing for years (just, 2 of them, I think). It only became noticeable because there was an oversight in the "fail-fast" algorithm. If Apple was available, it was assumed it would be fast, and it wasn't when there was an iCloud outage.