It's definitely frustrating when Apple services go down unexpectedly. I also checked the Apple System Status page earlier, and it wasn't reflecting the outages

It's definitely frustrating when Apple services go down unexpectedly. I also checked the Apple System Status page earlier, and it wasn't reflecting the outages at that time. I found reports on Downdetector indicating issues with the App Store earlier, which was a relieve to me, lol. Apple's System Status page caught on some time later.