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From: snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe)
Newsgroups: alt.comp.os.windows-11,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: The problem with not owning the software
Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2025 01:52:20 +0000
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Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote:

> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
> > On Sat, 4 Jan 2025 21:50:21 +0000, Sn!pe wrote:
> > 
> >> [OT] That's the great thing about Apple:  from the users' viewpoint it
> >> all "just works".
> >>
> > 
> > Until it doesn't. Why do you think Mac users feel the need for something
> > like Homebrew? 
> >
>
> It's for power users familiar with apt or yum on linux. I doubt very much
> typical users have any idea what Homebrew is. 
> 

Exactly so.

> >
> > That adds Linux-style package-manager functionality that is 
> > missing from macOS. Because without it, trying to install open-source
> > software turns into a complete nightmare.
> >
>
> Hardly. 
>

Quite.

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