M4 is amazing hardware held up by a sub-par OS. One of the biggest bottlenecks when compiling software on a Mac is notarization, where every executable you compile causes a HTTP call to Apple. In addition to being a privacy nightmare, this causes the configure step in autoconf based packages to be excruciatingly slow.

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gentooflux 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

They added always-connected DRM to software development, neat

	▲	fmajid 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Exactly. They had promised to make notarization opt-out but reneged.

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glitchc 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Does this mean that compilation fails without an internet connection? If so, that's horrifying.