[cocoa19]

Why do they hate the idea?

It’s not clear what the core problem is. Are they contractually or by law obligated to comply with security/privacy requirements? Are they afraid you’ll misuse their data (steal their business, etc).

If you can be explicit about what “hate” means, you can find a solution, or decide this is not a potential customer.

[alliewithane]

They are not comfortable with the fact that I can look at their code base whenever I want.