To be fair, any app written entirely by (human) vendor companies also works like that

Ummm… maybe some more context is needed? That makes no sense

I think it’s a jab at Postman, which is essentially curl with a GUI.

Aww man that was such a good show! I still miss it sometimes…

Pretty sure they can. Or at least, they can deny you entry into the country if you decline to unlock it for them.