Apple does signature checking for malware - a year or two ago this service went down. The result was that absolutely no 3rd party apps could be opened on macbo

Apple does signature checking for malware - a year or two ago this service went down. The result was that absolutely no 3rd party apps could be opened on macbooks by default. They would spin for a second, then close. The issue is that the machine was online, but could not get a proper response from the signature checking service. There are work-arounds, and by default this check is disabled while the machine is offline, but it's not exactly confidence building. My general take on Apple is that the hardware is decent, the software is absolute dog-shit, and the marketing is TOP NOTCH.