I didn't know about that. HEAD. DESK. SLAM.

Quote:
In China (and in other places around the world), sometimes network speeds are very slow when downloading large files from Apple’s servers. As the standard Xcode installer is nearly 3GB, some Chinese developers choose to download the package from other sources or get copies from colleagues.

By searching for “Xcode 下载” (Xcode downloading) in Google, in the first page of the search results (Figure 1), we found that six months ago someone posted Xcode download links to multiple forums or websites (including Douban, SwiftMi, CocoaChina, OSChina, etc.) that Chinese iOS developers frequently visit.


So, do you....

. Blame the Great Firewall? Because it forces devs to use random third-party sites that are in-country.

. Blame Apple? Because they don't validate digital signatures on their own packages. Or because their App Store isn't rejecting apps with bogus libraries like this.

. Blame the devs? Because devs.