Exactly. And unfortunately, the other go-to response, "just go to a physical store," is rarely an option since even in major areas as even major chains like Radio Shack and Fry's, not to mention all the small local shops that used to exist, have gone under.
He's not deleting the ICE databases of whom to kidnap and torture next, just the public-facing records of anyone existing that's not a cos-het-white-male.
In a professional environment, I've never had remote-only build systems, with the exception of release signing of locked-down compiler licensing. Otherwise, there's always been a local option.
So it's just JS with an even more immature spec