This is strange! no body seems to mention it, but I get redirected to https://ppq-ext.v.aaplimg.com/ which in turn throws a SSL mismatch error! $ curl -I ppq.apple.com HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently Server: Apple Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2026 12:11:11 GMT Content-Type: text/html Content-Length: 162 Connection: keep-alive Location: https://ppq-ext.v.aaplimg.com/ $ curl https://ppq-ext.v.aaplimg.com/ curl: (60) SSL: no alternative certificate subject name matches target host name 'ppq-ext.v.aaplimg.com' More details here: https://curl.se/docs/sslcerts.html curl failed to verify the legitimacy of the server and therefore could not establish a secure connection to it. To learn more about this situation and how to fix it, please visit the web page mentioned above.