You’re still in the wrong, don’t be so smug. These few downtimes are no big deal in the grand scheme of things, and your proposed solution would have been more

You’re still in the wrong, don’t be so smug. These few downtimes are no big deal in the grand scheme of things, and your proposed solution would have been more work and headaches for little to no realizable gains, and not to mention the cybersecurity ramifications. Quite frankly, they are probably glad that you’re gone and not around to gloat about every trivial bit of downtime.