macOS has checked app signatures online for over 2 years
A common refrain in arguments that we don't need laws to protect privacy is that the market will take care of it.  The market can't act against what it can't see.  Privacy loss is often irreversible.<p>A common refrain in arguments that we don't need to reject closed source software to protect privacy is that being closed source doesn't hide the behaviour, and people will still notice backdoors and privacy leaks.  Sometimes they do, sometimes they don't.<p>Parts of the US Governments unlawful massive domestic surveillance apparatus were described in the open in IETF drafs and patent documents for years. But people largely didn't notice and regarded reports as conspiracy theories for a long time.<p>Information being available doesn't necessarily make any difference and making a difference is what matters.