Well by turning it off I mean blocking ocsp.apple.com in my firewall. I do this personally, not at work by the way. But yes they should really provide a way to properly turn it off in the OS itself.

By the way another issue I have with the developer cert thing is that this way they will block all your apps if they have an issue with just one thing you've uploaded. And we all know Apple tends to blur the line between plain old malware and "against our T&C/Commercial interests". They already have a say in what apps I can use on my iPad. Like the ban on emulators, etc. It's my device, it should be a recommendation at most.. This is why I fear they are moving Mac in this direction as well.

PS: I didn't realise you were the one who raised this issue a couple months ago. Thanks for your work!!